Fishing in the current

When I was fishing Shelter cove, it was impossible to reach the bottom where I wanted. I was using 8 oz jighead with swimbait.
Should I have prepared a three way swivel with a heavy canon ball to reach the bottom?
A lot of you like using 4oz jig heads but how does that reach the bottom to look for lings? I know its a newbie question but thanks for your inputs.

Cast into the current, by the time your jig hits the bottom you'll be vertical.  Keep working in and out of free spoil to stay in contact with the bottom and bring it back up when you got too much angle on the line.   Repeat.

Or just switch to an iron.  Less drag and more dense, they'll hit bottom quicker and stay longer.

Should I have prepared a three way swivel with a heavy canon ball to reach the bottom?

What kind of rig were you using? 
What kind and size is your line? 
What's the tension on your spool?
Does your lure fall slowly, like swimbaits with big square tails
  or a flat iron that flutters down slowly? 
Or were you using something like a diamond bar and a piece of squid that 
  rockets down to the bottom in a flash?

ive neveR been to shelteR cove, so dont know iF this helps.
with a swim bait on a 4oz head  when line angle gets ridiculas  i will back paddle untill i start bouncing bottom again

Should I have prepared a three way swivel with a heavy canon ball to reach the bottom?

What kind of rig were you using? 
What kind and size is your line? 
What's the tension on your spool?
Does your lure fall slowly, like swimbaits with big square tails
  or a flat iron that flutters down slowly? 
Or were you using something like a diamond bar and a piece of squid that 
  rockets down to the bottom in a flash?

I wss using 6" big hammer on 8 oz jighead. Tension probably on the tight side. Braid with 40 lb leader.

Should I have prepared a three way swivel with a heavy canon ball to reach the bottom?

What kind of rig were you using? 
What kind and size is your line? 
What's the tension on your spool?
Does your lure fall slowly, like swimbaits with big square tails
  or a flat iron that flutters down slowly? 
Or were you using something like a diamond bar and a piece of squid that 
  rockets down to the bottom in a flash?

What was the drift like. If the wind is blowing me along too fast I will paddle against the drift until my line is vertical.

That's a quick drift if you couldn't get 8oz jig to get down to bottom. How deep were you fishing?

Will a drift chute help in this fast drift situation?

That's a quick drift if you couldn't get 8oz jig to get down to bottom. How deep were you fishing?

It was at the bread and butter, what a local called, front of the light house.
That day had a strong south swell but calm on the water. 50-60

I have only used 4-8 oz there while cut-plugging, never had a problem unless you get too close to the shallower stuff where the current is very visible on the surface, usually about 35-45'.

Will a drift chute help in this fast drift situation?

A drift chute will help if you are being pushed by wind. If it's water current your dealing with the drift chute will just drag you along with the current.

Should I have prepared a three way swivel with a heavy canon ball to reach the bottom?

What kind of rig were you using? 
What kind and size is your line? 
What's the tension on your spool?
Does your lure fall slowly, like swimbaits with big square tails
  or a flat iron that flutters down slowly? 
Or were you using something like a diamond bar and a piece of squid that 
  rockets down to the bottom in a flash?

I wss using 6" big hammer on 8 oz jighead. Tension probably on the tight side. Braid with 40 lb leader.

Using braid is good, will cut down on drag while deploying.  Loosen up the spool tension until it falls freely, but not so much that you get birdsnests easily.  8oz should get you down pretty good, but swimbaits do fall slower than scampi's and curly tail grubs.  Casting up current will let you buy you some time for your lure to drop before your vertically on top of it, jig it until your worried about snagging, then reel up and cast again.  You can also drop your line, then paddle forward to catch up to it while it's dropping, and give you some more time to vertically jig it.  Hobie owners will peddle in place to stay verticle on a spot they are fishing, you can one handed paddle too.  But my favorite way now is to use something like a 4oz torpedo weight with a smaller offering on a dropper loop, and sort of like drop shot it.  Just use feathers and squid or something like a b2squid with procure.  Has been working very well for me this past year.

Will a drift chute help in this fast drift situation?

A drift chute will help if you are being pushed by wind. If it's water current your dealing with the drift chute will just drag you along with the current.