THIS ^^^^^^^^^^

A private lake I fish, we double gill everything 12 inches and under and release them in deep water.
They then swim to the depths hopefully to be eaten by the larger bass.

Are you sitting the drop shot weight on bottom or just letting It hang down?

Here is a picture of my Heavy Drop Shot for tall grass. I use the Hoo Daddy Jr. in Watermelon/Neon. Not Watermelon Red; but they look just alike until you put in under the hollow of the tall grass. Your grass not being so tall lighten up to CCTX 3/4 OZ. Rig.

Sounds like you got some grass in there so I’m assuming water stays fairly clear. I have done real well with swimbaits in lakes that are similar in size. I feel realism has always been a great approach in situations like this. One of my favorites has been a Jackall lil Mikey especially with a little wind for the bigger fish. I caught a 5lb, 7lb, 6lb, and a couple of 4’s on a Cha Cha Glide the other day on a 40 acre lake. This was all in a few hours of fishing and I was only throwing it in areas where I wouldn’t get hung up. In the gnarly areas I was pitching, catching smaller fish but all the big ones came off the glide running it over the creek channel where it wouldn’t get hung in the mats. I like the heavy duty drop shot thing though I have been playing with it this year and have caught some fish but I’m terrible when it comes to soaking a bait. My son has more patience so it works out well I always start off with moving and he starts off with the slower stuff. We adjust accordingly but if it’s a slow bait day 9 out of 10 he’s gonna beat me that day.

I'm sure having a good year catching bigger fish on a chatterbait.