G'Day guys,

Its only been a year or so since I had gotten into catching whiting, bream and flatty on light lures and poppers with my 2-4kg starlo stix tournament pro and 2500 stradic FI and have been swallowed by the bug and it now this is my most favourite type of fishing by a long shot.

A couple of weeks ago, I took it to the next level and went to a little reefy cove and caught little sweetlip, cod, stripeys and some kinda wrassey thing on the gear and had an absolute ball in the process. I was landbased on a reef edge and had real fun using this gear trying to stop those guys from busting me up on the reef. Landed 30-35 fish or so for the day using. I got smashed using 3inch berkley powerbaits and 3inch atomic jerk minnows.

When i upgraded to my 5inch Gulp crazy legs, I got smoked by a few unstopabbles which were realistically only "just" legal trout but was a real handful on the light gear.

So... Im after your thoughts on a medium spinning outfit to handle these fella's. Im chasing a rod thats either 3-6kg or 4-7kg but must be 1 piece and have a lure weight from 7 grams and up ( I used a 1/6ounce jighead - whats that in grams?). Im thinking either a 3-6kg midspin starlo stix tournament pro or a 4-7kg t-curve revolution inshore series (as the 3-6kg in this is a 2 piece). Im thinking of matching this up with either a stradic 3000Ci4 or stradic 4000Ci4. I wouldnt mind going the 4000Ci4 as it is 10g lighter than the 3000FI I have on my 2-4kg stick. Usually I would go a 3000 for this rod, but i think i could get away with a 4000 but only if its a Ci4 as its much lighter?

What do you guys recon I should do. Im open to suggestions

I should mention I will be looking at spending $500-$600

Thanks