With a wind sock, I think the drift would have been more manageable.

In our area, there are a lot of run and fish opportunities along the
bayshore that
make a kayak a nice fishing platform. Here you drive to a close spot
and
then launch to get out beyond casting distance. There is no
sightfishing in this area, so
that's not an issue. A lot of anglers do use the yak to just get to
skinny (or other
inaccessible) waters.

As to fish with teeth, sharks are not likely targets up here, but big
toothy blues
are, and then have a lip gripper would be a big help as I have no
desire to pull
a 10lb blue on my lap with a 2/0 hook dangling. It worse for the plug
angler
with 2 or 3 trebles ...