You might want to go with a 9' rod. And braid might help since you will be fishing around rocks. I use fireline and I have had good results with it. For jigging in the canal I use 65 lb whiplash but you have to use a reel with a big enough line roller so you don't get line twist. I just got a 6500 neptune reel by Mitchell, seems to cast nice.
If you give the board an idea of what you want to spend that could help in getting suggestions.
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