I am going to visit my uncle who lives in Coles Point, VA and he has a dock on the river. He isn't a outdoorsman at all so he has no fishing tackle at all but I want to fish while he is at work. I was thinking about getting him set up but really have no idea what to buy him as far as rod and reel. Would what I normally use for walleye in Canada work or should I go with the type of set up I use for trout fishing be better. Also is that more live bait for speckled trout, flounder and croaker area or is that more artificial bait area.

I will be the first to admit I have never so much as wet a line in anything but fresh water so I am kinda lost.