Baitcaster for inshore fishing question

20lb power pro
15lb fluorocarbon leader

I don’t salt water fish but I won a rod and reel that they said is for salt water but I’m going to bass fish with it. It’s a Cajun tackle house voodoo stick medium heavy rod with a Lews custom inshore reel. I'd imagine it would be pretty legit for reds.
I throw 50-65lb power pro when I’m bass fishing. Not sure why you would use less for reds.

I mainly use a shimano curado spooled with power pro slick 50 pound braid tied to a 15 pound fluorocarbon leader with a uni-uni knot on a 7’ medium Falcon coastal rod.

I’ve caught anything from 34” red to a throwback speckled trout on it, works great IMO.

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20lb power pro

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Do they make braid this light?

My Baitcast setups are as follows

Shimano SLX DC on MH-F Shimano SLX Rod

Curado DC on M-F BPS JM Carbonlite 2.0

Scorpion DC on M-F BPS JM Platinum SS

All spooled with 30lb braid, with DC reels I don't need larger line to prevent backlashes and 30lbs is big enough to stop dig ins, also I love having over 100yds of line on my spool for when hooking into big reds, blacks, or jacks. I set my flourocarbon leader size based on what I'm targeting. 12-16lbs for trout depending on water clarity, 30lbs when fishing on oysters or for big redfish, 50lbs flourocarbon when there are toothy fish in the area such as jacks, mackerel, or sharks. I will also switch over to 40lb wire if I am still betting cut off often that day due to teeth.

"I throw 50-65lb power pro when I’m bass fishing. "

Fkn bass fishermen lol... my rods have 15 lb braid with 25lb mono or fluero leader with fg knot, catch trout,
reds, flounder, sheep, and I never break off... if it can break that, it's a shark or jack, and I didn't want it anyway.

Braided line was invented by the devil himself

What's your hate with braid? If you fish saltwater braid is basically a must with light tackle since such huge fish lurk in the same water you are targeting small species. It's lighter, thinner, casts further, doesnt backlash as bad, doesnt hold memory, has no stretch, and has more sensitivity. The only real downsides are fraying, wind knots, need for leaders and spool backing or tape.

When I'm throwing $10-15 jerkbaits for trout and a #25 redfish grabs my jerkbait you can bet your arse I'm getting my jerk bait back even if he tries to run 100yds, I can lock that drag down without fear of a break off or getting spooled.

I run 30# Suffix 832 with 20# fluoro leader on every setup that I have. I have reels from just about every brand but Daiwa and like them all. For rods I mainly use 6'-9" medium light with moderate tips, but I do have a 7' medium castaway skeleton that I throw sometimes as well. The medium light setups are the most common thing used on the texas coast and they are used for catching all species of inshore fish. Makes working the lure easier. Just has to be a good rod and it will handle it.

ETA: My favorite reels are Lews Tourney Pro, Lews Inshore, Shimano Scorpion, and Abu Garcia Premier. I use a few 13 Concepts also that I have no issues with and can cast a mile, but they are on rods I don't use as often as the above.

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Do they make braid this light?

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Power Pro is made down to 5. I have bought 4 before.