I was out at French pass this weekend playing around with my jigs and found them great fun until the Baracoutas had other ideas. I also saw a kingfish but the coutas out numbered them and were more aggressive. I was using my Daiwa Certate 4000 reel and a Berkley Dropshot 6-10kg Snapper jig rod but after paddling 10km+ I got a bit tired fighting a constant stream of coutas on light-ish gear, so think I need something slightly heavier and more forgiving. 

So now I plan to purchase equipment more suitable for jigging. I only plan on using it a few times a year so do not want to spend big money. I would mainly catch coutas but would be targeting kingfish.  Would like to spend around $400 on the rod and reel, but if I could use the gear for trolling and livebaiting I would be willing to spend more.  The main reason for the low budget is because I would  rarely use the item and it would not get daily/weekly abuse like my other fishing gear.

I do have access to a Daiwa Sealine SG50H which is not getting used for anything. 

chopsticks wrote: You could also consider using your Certate 4000 with a rod like the JM Terminator 200. Might give you some grief on the bigger Kingi's but would still handle a good size one. The Certate 4000 has 8 kgs of drag which is quite respectable; especially if fishing from a kayak.

Would the certate be able to handle the pressure from all of the jigs? I guess I would spool it with 30lb braid, currently has 14lb fireline on it for SP fishing. 

I mainly fish quite close to shore, So would mainly be using jigs which weigh around 60-160grams... would not be using any of the real heavy ones.  .

Is there a site where I can get a few specs on the JM rods?