Just a thought, but you may want to consider surf perch as an alternative.

Many years ago I visited my brother living in Eureka , Ca. I spent a lot of my time on the jetty at the mouth of the Eel. One day while jigging for panfish sized seabass on the river side and keeping an eye on the surf crashing ocean side, a sea lion surfaced not more than 10 yards in front of me. Talk about a religious experience, I just about swallowed my snuff.
Most startling to me since I'd never seen one before. Speaking of rogue waves: pier fishing St. Joe, Michigan, springtime, casting spoons for steelhead. NW wind increasing and I noticed on my walk out to the end that waves were occasionally breaching the elevated concrete walkway. Not to worry as I spied an open space immediately SE of the lighthouse to fish. I was encouraged on my walk out that other anglers were still fishing which means that they were catching fish, and they were. As I fished the waves were building and they more frequently breached the pier. My closest fishing neighbor was maybe 50 yards landside from me. Here it came, a large wave much larger than all the others which not only breached the pier but sent an express train of water 12'' deep to the lee side of pier. My neighbor lost all his tackle and gear. Fortunately, he was not washed into the lake. He was done fishing and so was I. We had to dodge waves and time our walk back to shore.

I love those jetties and piers but please exercise caution.