Nice to see someone on here interested in something besides salmon! 

I don't know if I will be able to get out this weekend or not yet but I'll keep it in mind. I've been wanting to get out to Hagg as well.

I can't really speak to Hagg specifically because I haven't fished there much, and I'm doing terrible on largemouth the last few years so I won't talk about that either, but for smallmouth in the rivers I like a variety of small-to-medium swim baits (see attached). I put mine on lead jigheads. The size varies to match the bait and for the depth or current I'm fishing (greater depth or more current usually means a heavier head). In general I use 1/8 to 1/2 oz. jigheads.

The pictures are Keitech and Yamamoto swimbaits. I also like Big Hammers and Cabela's store brand and knock-offs of all of these.

I'm from San Diego originally, so I got used to throwing 8"+ swimbaits for bass all the time. I've done it from shore with marginal success, but big baits aren't a numbers game, it's a trophy game.

That said, I'll be Texas rigging creature baits for smallies when I get sick of getting skunked on big baits.