I would pitch a texas-rigged rage craw over the box, drag it up the box, and let it fall inside. Hey presto! You have yourself a bass

Yep, Rage Craw is definitely on deck for this.

I thought this thread was about lures that didn't catch anything and get cast back in the tacklebox forever. 

Dude, all you need is a car battery and 6' worth of jumper cables.

But seriously, figure out what the primary forage is for the lake, catch a sizeable one, stick a hook through it (make sure it stays alive) and drop it on a 3 way swivel or slip sinker rig just far enough so the shad/shiner/bluegill/alewife/whatever can't quite make it to the cover. Don't cast it, paddle, row, or troll out and drop it. Be patient. At this point, if you've tossed everything shy of a set of jumper cables at her, she's probably pretty weary and nothing you're going to present (since you've already found her, and odds are, 10 to 1 she's seen you) is going to look as tasty as any of the above, presented naturally. Sometimes live bait just wins.

Tried that, but it didn't work out too well.  Had to call a tow truck to pull the car out.

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Your live bait idea is solid, but not particularly feasible.  I'll be fishing from shore, so casting will be required.  So then casting 15 yards or so with a live, and very spry bait fish, probably wont make it out to that sweet spot where I need it to be.  Yes, this fish is most likely very weary, which is why Im going try to use her cover to my advantage, and drop my very first cast right down inside that box, hopefully before we start playing peek-a-boo with eachother.

T-Rigged Fat Ika backwards with a 4/0 EWG Gami or a Zoom Lizard with a 3/16 bullet weight t-rigged.  He either it will be mad or hungry, Both will cause him to bite. 

Fat Ika rigged backwards would be exactly what I would be using

I second the t-rigged creature bait notion.  A Havoc Pitboss won't break the bank even if you lose half the pack.  Also, try a t-rigged (belly weight hook)  zoom fluke upside down; twitch it above the box then let it do it's dying action.

Buzzbait. Start around the box a few casts to see if any interest and if any signs of interest cast directly over said bass box and speed up retrieve as if the bait has seen her and scurrying away quickly may cause a reaction strike.

Buzzbait. Start around the box a few casts to see if any interest and if any signs of interest cast directly over said bass box and speed up retrieve as if the bait has seen her and scurrying away quickly may cause a reaction strike.

Thanks, Yeah I will be trying things like that if/after my approach of direct bombardment doesn't work.   But from what Ive seen so far, I have the expectation that once she is out of the box, then its pretty much over.