The funny part is that people fishing from the shore try to cast out as far as they can, and people fishing from a boat try to cast as close to the shore as they can........
Truth is, the fish are all over, it's just a matter of finding them. Bait fish often stay close to shore, so the predator fish swim close in to catch them. However, at times, bait fish will swim in a bait ball further out, and then the predators chase them in deeper water......
It's called fishing for a reason............it isn't called CATCHING......