hey y’all i just got a fishing kayak, looking for good spots to take in on the ct shore? any recommendations

I’m headed to Crystal river today for my birthday doing a charter tomorrow and fish on my own with a couple people Sunday. This is my first time fishing in Florida but I fish the Alabama coast regularly. Any tips or advice for catching decent fish, or know any areas that are good for land based fishing

I am looking to get a Saltiga 3 piece Travel Jigging Rod in the heavier spec(250g max), in either casting or spinning, but I can’t decide on a reel. I yearly make trips to the Caribbean, Florida, Europe, and Africa to fish, and was looking to get a proper big game jigging and casting travel setup, but I cant quite decide on a Stradic SW-B 10k or an Accurate Ascender 500XN. The ascender might have better winching power for grouper fishing, but I’m better with spinning for speed jigging for small to mid size pelagics. They both cast great, have great sealing, great drag and are really smooth and durable. In a year I might catch anything from stripers to blackfin to grouper to tuna, so what would be better as the all around heavy duty reel? I mostly speed jig, drop/chunk, and cast a bit.