I live within 2 miles from a 2-2.5 acre stormwater pond.  It's conveniently a block away from my primary gas station; so I make my pit stops a handful times per week. I've caught numerous poundies last year and the max depth is only 6-8 feet at most and really in only two pockets, the north end and southeast corner.  When it runs shallow in the heat of summer, these are the only spots where you can't see the bottom.  So my question is, is topwater game all day when it gets shallow?  Better yet, can I run topwater year round (even as soon as ice out)? 
 

My choice in topwaters are zara pups/spook jrs, torpedoes, and buzz baits (nothing more than 3/8 oz) at a distant third.  I frog once in a while, but I still have to work on my timing.

 

Tight lines,

Rio

Maybe run a shallow crank in there right where the fish are all sitting, could be deadly

Yes, in small, shallow impoundments you can run topwater all year long. However, maybe it's just me, but sometimes I feel buzz baits spook fish more than agitate or incite them into striking on smaller water, and I tend to use more "subtle" presentations.

I have one near my house and I do really well with a swim jig since its pretty weedy. Early in the year like this though I drag a weightless tube and catch a lot of fish that way.

A lot of time in shallow ponds I like to throw a T-Rigged Senko and just drag it back.

Thanks for the replies fellas.  I actually caught my first topwater of the year with a storm chug bug in black and red 3/8 oz.  Funny though that I had to resort to my least favored method even in a shallow pond where where a heron can walk across the whole way through; painstaking 20 seconds between pops.