re: How not to sight fish....

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Patients to not blindly cast when you are not seeing fish. Need to be ready at all times

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I've never fished reds with this philosophy. If you're in an area just full of fish where you know you'll easily limit, then maybe I can understand wanting to entirely sight fish. But I've caught far more reds on blind casting than I've caught sighting. When I used to fish Bay St. Louis, sight fishing was a non-starter - I'd tear them up blind casting the shoreline but virtually never spot a wake or swirl. And the reds always hit the spoon the instant it hit the water - no follows or taps or bumps - instant like it landed inside their mouth, or nothing. But even fishing Delacroix where we saw a lot of activity and spotted fish when the water was clear, I'd catch more just blind casting in between sightings. People who solely sight fish are driving right by a lot of fish.