WTB Rock Fish pole/reel

Hi folks- I recently started kayak fishing and am hooked!  Going back to Ocean Cove at the end of the month but would like to get a better rod.  I am using a cheap ten foot long spinning reel combo that I had in the garage but it's really hard to manage on the water when the line wraps around the tip.  It's time to get a real setup but I have already spent so much on this new hobby that my wife is starting to hate me.  Anyone have a good deal to throw my way? 

I'd grab a 7' Ugly Stik  Tiger(59.99 new) or even cheaper used  and snag a Penn Levelwind reel off craigslist for $20 or so.

Bulletproof setup on the cheap.

Thanks for the advice- that sounds reasonable for the rod.  For the reel- does this look like it would fit the bill?
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/spo/5117711106.html

I'd pay about $20-25 for that reel. That would work for what you're looking to do.

I prefer the Penn 309 Levelwind series.

A real workhorse and easy to maintain. Wally world has them for 44.99 right now;

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Penn-Level-Wind-309M-Reel/14649591

Which ugly stik are you talking about? Medium? Heavy? Spin? Casting to go with spinning reel.

Which ugly stik are you talking about? Medium? Heavy? Spin? Casting to go with spinning reel.

It depends on what model ugly stik.the tiger's are a little beefier,the tiger lites use a smaller diameter blank.then there's the inshore,boat series and so on.also we need to know the size of the reel your using,line size and so on.for a spinning I'd go 6-6 1/2 to 7 in the medium to medium lite category,all depends on which stik your gonna get
You don't want a casting rod for a spinning reel the guides are too small