ajschn06

Sounds like you are describing the bait, and not the cover you plan to fish it in.  I would think the setup you have should be enough to drive the hook home if that's your concern, maybe not ideal, but it will work.  Might want to beef up the line a bit, but where you would really run into issues is if you plan to throw it in some truly THICK cover... the rod might not be enough for that...