Swimbaits from shore in small waters

[Drew03cmc]

Ok, let me preface this by saying I am getting into the swimbait game. I have several small baits, say 1oz. I just ordered a Muskie rod, need to find a reel and some larger baits. Now, I fish from shore 99% of the time on small ponds and lakes. Most have some milfoil or some other underwater vegetation to contend with, so weedless or topwater is how I go. Having said this, I'm curious what you all would say regarding tossing a 6.75 WRS on these waters on 20lb CXX. Would it be a waste of my time or possibly be well worth it? How would you go about it?

[Bluebasser86]

I toss them in ponds a lot, that's how I caught my swimbait PB.

[Drew03cmc]

9 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I toss them in ponds a lot, that's how I caught my swimbait PB.

What do you normally do in ponds with them?

[Bluebasser86]

Ponds are prime for wake baits like slammers and rats. Pond bass seem to love to feed on the surface anyways, and it helps to avoid those snags that are hard to retrieve when you're stuck on the bank. I've caught some on glides and and weedless plastic baits, I've also had to go swimming March to retrieve a snagged Hardgill off a stump, which is why I like to either stick to the cheaper plastic baits or topwaters.

[Drew03cmc]

Sounds like a plan to me. I was looking to grab a couple of wake baits anyway. The rats look like a killer deal too. I have a Bad Rat already and look to toss it asap. Small fish hit the larger baits too, don't they?

[Bluebasser86]

45 minutes ago, Drew03cmc said:

 Small fish hit the larger baits too, don't they?

All the time.

[Drew03cmc]

Those Slammers are fish magnets. Impressive!

[Bluebasser86]

27 minutes ago, Drew03cmc said:

Those Slammers are fish magnets. Impressive!

That's why it looks like this now.

[Drew03cmc]

48 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

That's why it looks like this now.

That's just a little hook rash. Is that the 7"?

[Bluebasser86]

9 minutes ago, Drew03cmc said:

That's just a little hook rash. Is that the 7"?

Yes 

[Drew03cmc]

Awesome. I've been looking at those.

[fishwizzard]

I fish swimbaits in small ponds pretty often as well. I will second that rats get a lot of attention.  I have done OK on small glides as well. Huddgills get hit all the time but I have a ton of trouble landing bass on them, so I am on the hunt for another soft weedless gill.