We do down here, my brother has one he spent a couple of grand on, it can carry a 5 or 10-lb bait is what I believe he said. Pretty much all the serious shark fishermen use them for taking bait out past the surf, up to half a mile or more, usually over 1000 yards.
In younger -- and maybe braver (stupider?) -- days, we used to do it with a kayak. Not tons of fun in the dark, but worth the fish.
