Most of the time, when you cast at breaking fish, accuracy counts as much as distance. It's tempting to throw at the fish in the middle, but only a few casters are able to hit a 3 foot target at 90 yards. And a lot of times it comes down to that degree of accuracy--especially on a running current.
Tony can tell you the number of times we've thrown on fish in the middle and missed, and during the retrieve, have big fish break inside of 30 yards, which we could do nothing but curse at. Accuracy at 30 yards is a lot easier than at 3x that distance. Nowadays, I know what my chances are of getting a plug right on a fish, and if it's not a good percentage, I let others try their best. The best feeling in the world is hooking a fish right in front of a guy 50 feet away whose plug is 50 yards downcurrent
I've seen 40 pound plus fish push squid and pogies right up onto the rocks, 4' long fish sitting in holes 20' from shore, and fish breaking on whiting right along the edge of the drop-off.