re: Sightcasting Redfish

I'm jumping in kinda late but yeah I do this almost every time I go. Most of my videos show me sight fishing at some point in them.

My primary sight fishing set up is:

7' MH Cajun Savannah
Lew's 6.8:1 Tournament Pro Reel
20lb Braid Backer Line
7' 15lb Flouro Leader

I choose my set up because I need to throw far, but also accurately. 7' is my sweet spot there. Medium heavy because I don't only catch reds on this, I catch trout and bass. Heavy would be overkill for them, but Medium would be too light for some of the real big fish I catch. The reel I use is because the ratio gives me a bit more strength than a 7.5:1 and I just like Lew's for their price point. All my reels use 20lb braid backer and a 6-7' leader, there's nothing special about that for sight fishing except for usually I use 8-12lb flouro on my leaders and for this I go a bit heavier for obvious reasons.

Usually I fish with a 1/2oz gold spoon, but last time I went out a fish broke the damn hook off (that is a link to my youtube, I think it's relevant). But, I'll still probably stick to the gold spoon because as you can see in that link, the versatility of how you can use it (I cast onto the bank and pull it back into the water) is unmatched in my book. The durability is great too, that hook breaking off was after catching 30+ reds on it.

Other lures I've used are plastic craws or flukes rigged texas rig, or flukes on underspins. But again, the spoons are so easy and also super effective as you can see here.