Just kidding, use the longest and heaviest gear you can handle. Anything from a calstar 270-8H with a 332 newell on 25lb test. I'd consider this set up the minimum on a cattle boat. Or on the upper end of the spectrum, an ULUA 93H with a Saltist 50 on 30lb to 40lb test.
I use a 900H with a Daiwa sha40 on 30LB.
+1 having a Tady 45 stop dead in mid retrieve is AWESOME.