I am looking to but a new baitcasting combo but I am not really sure which one would be best for my needs. I already have a spinning combo but I would like to get a baitcaster for fishing in thicker vegetation since my spinning rod does not have a heavy line. I am looking for the best overall baitcaster for the situations I fish in which include fishing from docks using senkos and craikbaits, fishing soft plastics in shallow lilly pads and vegetation during the spawn, and fishing medium depth water using senkos and crainkbaits again. Any good rod suggestions would be nice. 

 

Sorry. Any rod and reel combos would be nice

My budget is around 150-200 and I prefer cork handled rods

Abu Garcia Black max is a good starter combo, 70bux

I am looking to but a new baitcasting combo but I am not really sure which one would be best for my needs. I already have a spinning combo but I would like to get a baitcaster for fishing in thicker vegetation since my spinning rod does not have a heavy line. I am looking for the best overall baitcaster for the situations I fish in which include fishing from docks using senkos and craikbaits, fishing soft plastics in shallow lilly pads and vegetation during the spawn, and fishing medium depth water using senkos and crainkbaits again. Any good rod suggestions would be nice. 

 

I believe that the Abu Garcia Veritas rod with a Revo S would be the perfect combo for what your looking for. The Veritas rods are very light and sensitive with a lot of great features built into it. It comes in 9 different casting models to choose from. The Revo S is a 6:4.1 gear ratio reel with a very smooth 20lb carbon matrix drag system perfect for the techniques that you are working with.  

I don't see a budget, but from my experience, I would recommend a Powell Max 683CEF. I feel comfortable throwing pretty much everything on this rod aside from small  squarebills and mid-deep diving cranks. Really, I would recommend an different rod for treble hook presentations, but if I had to pick a rod to throw squarebills and lipless cranks, it would the 683.