A bait feeder type spinning reel might be wha tyou are looking for if you plan on drifitng eels at soem of the inlets. mikecc indicated that the Okuma baitfeeder reels were a good value.
I use a 10 1/2 footer, as long as you can load it up with a weight in the neighborhood of 2 oz you should be OK. 11 1/2 is pretty big though...
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