Are you planing on live baiting or jigging?
My go to for shallow water live baiting, in around rocks etc is a TLD 30 with 24kg mono, have had it for years and caught loads of king fish on it.
If you want to get out into deeper water and jig or live bait then a jig rod and reel spooled with braid is a good option, buy the most expensive one you can afford would be my advice considering how many options are out there.
If you want to do some top water fishing, poppers, stick baits etc then you want a good casting rod and a fixed spool reel.
If you got a decent reel, I have a Stella 8000, which is great for top water fishing and if I want to use it for jigging I can just swap the reel on to a spin jig rod so something like that could be an option if you want to use one reel for two types of fishing. It doesn’t have to be a Stella, but again, the best you can afford is all you need.
Hope that helps