Hi Marko, if I were you not doing top water much, I would go for a stella 20000swpg which I can also do deep water jigging or even baiting. Forget about stella 10k with SOM spool unless you've a 8000 or 10000pg to interchange with. Although you need to retrieve line faster on popper & stick bait, it got more cracking power if you hook up a big fish. For rod, I would pair it with a Carpenter MH80H if you intent to chug up to 180gm popper, don't go for PE10 & above broomstick as they don't work stick bait well.
Just my 2 cts.
Good luck with your trip.