HOWDY from Texas (rod question?)

[Longshot]

This seems like a great site!!!

I am coming to visit a friend of mine from LV and we are meeting in San Diego late April.

I love fishing from my Cobra FnD here in the Texas Gulf and we are gonna fish a few days at LJ and I was hoping yall could steer me in the right direction and maybe a few of you could join us for a morning.

I am flying up and have a few rod choices, can yall tell me what would be my best option?

1. Penn 345gti spooled with 65lb powerpro(~500yd) and 40lb mono topshot(~250yd)

2. Penn 3\0 senator spooled 30# mon

3. 6000seris spinning reel with 20lb

Also have bait\trout rod(12lb mono) and a 9\0 Senator spooled with 100lb pp(600yards) and 80lb mono topshot(200yd), I figured the 9\0 as over kill

I hope to target Yt and maybe catch Butts and to brag back home that I got a thresher would be AWESOME.

What are yalls recomendations with my rod selection? Keep in mind I am flying and space is a concern.

Thanks for you help and hope to meet a few of you out there!
Longshot