No, Vic, I'd recommend a 3 oz egg sinker - launched back in at that goon sitting in the beach chair who tied up the bar with 3 spiked bait rods
What an idiot
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.