[Walleyed]

I had the same dilemma, looking for the right reel/rod combo for cod/tile fishing.

I finally decided on a Penn US113N, which is the current version of the venerable Baja Special. Spooled it with 65 lb metered powerpro and hung it on a St. Croix PM79XXXH Muskie rod.

I believe this setup is going to work well for tuna jigging also.

As far as the Avets go, I have a SX that I love, I sold a MXL unused because I couldn't figure out a use for it. It was almost identical to the SX in performance, but simply bigger. I didn't need the extra line capacity in that reel range.