for not breaking the bank look into the ugly stick tiger or tiger light rods. I have a heavy tiger 7' paired with a LH abu ambass. Like it a lot, especially for casting with the level wind. Only problems with ugly's is they are usually heavier than the comparable rods in other brands...but usually for less than half the price.
my other salt rod for the boat is LH avet 5.3 MC paired with a lamiglass 7' MH rod. really nice combo nice and light but the combo was around 450 bucks.