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I agree with a lot of what's been said. One rod. Take a versatile rod that can throw 3/4 oz plastic swimmers to 3-1/2 oz plugs. It won't do both equally well, but it'll do. If that limits you to a spinning reel, so be it. Some guys can throw the light stuff on conventional, most can't.
One bag. I carry one that'll hold "doubles", ie, two plugs a slot. Know the surf and wind conditions you'll be facing before you hoof it so you leave behind the stuff that'll land 5' behind you on a cast into a stiff wind.
I wear a waist pouch that has a large zipper pocket, and two smaller ones. In the large pocket, I stuff a file, a 50 yard wheel spool of leader material, a spare spool for the reel I'm using, a Leatherman tool, maybe a plastic bag of teasers, and a pair of good cutting pliers. In one of the smaller pockets, I carry a small Plano box of swivels, snaps and Breakaway clips. I carry a spare flashlight behind the last row of inserts in my plug bag, plus my hook removal pliers (needlenose). If I'm fishing a smaller conventional, like a Calcutta 400, in addition to a spare spool, I might carry a similar sized spare reel, like an Abu 6500, in one of the side pouches on my plug bag. I use a Canyon bag that has a side pouch large enough.
Another approach is to use a backpack. Put a selection of lures in 2 Plano boxes.
If I'm walking all that way and using spinning gear, I'm taking a spinning reel I have confidence in. That means a Penn 704/706 or a Van Staal. I'm not taking a chance on stripping the gears in some piece of Chinese junk and having to walk all that way and not fish.
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