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Unless there's a strong current, I don't see the need to throw more than an ounce and a half from the beach. Use 4 oz and all you'll do is dredge a channel unless you retrieve at warp speed.
Heavy storm surf, strong current sweep, maybe two ounces, but that's about the limit unless you're fishing a rip like Wasque.
The Canal, yeah, I sometimes go up to 5-6 oz depending on location and current.
You can fish a jig anywhere in the water column, that's the beauty of it. Sometimes I'll "swim" it on a steady retrieve, sometimes I'll hop it like a crab on open beach, and in the Canal, I like it to be ticking bottom but not dragging. I like slow lifts, not the exaggerated hauls you see a lot of Canal jiggers use, but to each their own.
Braided line is great for jigging---no worries about hooks pulling loose if you put the boots to a fish----trebles sometimes get pulled, but if you have a fih in the corner of the jaw with a jig,m she's yours unless she hangs you up.
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