i am setting up my fishing canoe and will be limited to 3 rods two will be baitcasters and one for spinning lite line stuff

? is what two baitcaster setup should i use or look at such as rod length and action

If you can only have two BC rods - and you plan on doing some cranking - then you can break it down to one rod for single hook applications, the other for treble hook. For single hook - a medium or medium-heavy power, depending on how open your water is and what weight of baits you want to throw. For treble hooks, same thing - medium or medium-heavy power, depending on how big of cranks you think you might use.

On rod length, you might want to consider somewhat shorter rods - like 6 1/2' - if you will always be sitting down when you cast. Depending on your torso height, maybe you can go to 7' without hitting the water or parts of the canoe on the back-cast. Another factor is if you plan on taking the canoe into tight areas with lots of overhanging trees and brush on the banks, you might even consider going down to 6' rods - all depends on what you want to do.

I stand in my canoe all day so I use the same rods I would use from the bank or another boat - but, when I know I'm going to the back of creek channels and such, I usually have some shorter rods with me. BTW, I take 4 to 6 rods in my canoe...

Have fun!

I would go M for cranking and spinning, and MH for soft plastics and jigs. Anything around 6'6 to 7' will do.