If you can cover a lot of water by moving along the bank or cast from an area known for its accessibility to fish (pond), no lure or bait is going to catch fish. Baits only find fish that are present. Now if you're are asking if the set up your using catches fish in general, you'd be right to use them but only if the line under the float put the bait at the right depth. Finding out the depth is just a matter of casting a 1/8 jig head and counting down until it reaches the bottom. Good luck.