New to fishing bays out of yak how do you fish 4-5 inch swimbaits?

[yaknewb]

So iv fished swim baits from shore i jus got a yak and jus been long lineing a 4 inch big hammer and jus raising the tip every so often. its been some what productive some sand bass small halibuts and of course spotties. Im wondering if there anouther way of fishing them or is what im doing is a good way of going about it.