Were on SW side in FL, mostly sharks, stingrays, drums, cherry grouper, pampano, spanish mackeral, sheep head, amberjack, ladyfish, sea trout, sometimes tarpon and redfish stuff like that. On a 18' skiff so offshore.
that seems like a heavy rod for trout. For me a big part of fishing is the fight. I feel like you would just be dragging in a fish instead of fighting it.