Santa Barbara is very protected from the swell that you see up your way. So the smaller waves are breaking closer to shore. We are also typically wading about waist deep and jumping the big ones. I'm throwing these baits on a Shimano Compre spinning rod and Stradic reel with 8Lb. P-Line CXX. I can toss it pretty far with that set up. But to be honest, the day I got that big fish, I made casts that were as short as 10 feet as the perch would charge in and erupt on bait practically at my feet. The big boy hit about 25 feet out.

Bryan

P.S. you can step up to the 3/8ths head and get a bit more distance but you have to fish it a bit faster.