I can't give you a specific distance. I fish pressured clear open water and make longer cast. I've at times not been able to get a good hook set fishing straight 8 & 10 lb FC on ML & M rods with small T - Rigs.
Probably just a lack of skill, technique, and strength.😀
I fish most topwater with mono, and I'd go with 14lb mono to cover the other techniques you listed. But I'm new to bass fishing, only 44 years of hunting them.
I pull up the TM and make two 360's with my gas engine, before heading to my next spot. No need in speaking to them, but they understand how I feel. I believe that the folks that pull up on you like that, don't fish often.
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