I believe it's a matter of personal comfort. I like to throw spinning tackle with weights up to about 3/4 oz. When the surf is big I'll switch to my baitcaster. Sometimes 2 oz is needed. You can also fish the drop-shot for the perch. You can feel every bite and they are easy to hook. You're line doesn't get all frayed by having the sinker roll around in the sand against the swivel. With a carolina rig the grub is not always in contact due to the turbulent surf. A lot of times you're only feeling the fish let go, because he's been hanging on to it with the slack in the line. If the fish are real tight, a small pea headed jig also works good, especially in a tide that is all the way high or all the way low.
Sometimes the corbina like this with a small orange or pink colored plastic that mimicks a small ghost shrimp. I fish these on light line like 4 or even ultralight like 2 pound. They are about as spooky of fish there is, and don't like terminal tackle like swivels and sinkers. You can put a small peice of mussel on one of these peaheads and heat it up with one of those little torches like you fix plastic baits with. This makes the mussel stay on real good. Good Luck and don't eat too many of those little bony things.

BURGIE