I'm really new to saltwater. The only thing I've ever done for saltwater is surf fishing at Torrey Pines Beach and fishing off the docks of a yacht club in the San Diego Bay.

Well, I'm getting a new rod this week given to me by Amp2564. Its a custom wrapped Calstar BT 6480. What reel should I put on it for using irons(throwing and yo-yoing) and maybe live bait?
One of my friend's said get a 336 Newwel. Another friend said since I am just sarting REAL saltwater fishing and have never used anything bigger than a 6600 Abu, he said get a Jigmaster 500.
Or, should I just stay with my 6600 C5 MAG Abu Garcia reel and put that on my Calstar?

Thanks for the help