I spent a lot of time reading archives this morning, I had forgotten about a bunch of the swimbait threads that are virtual gold mines of information. But I found very little on my intended topic.

What kind of depths can the Mission Fish comfortably reach. I'm targeting some deep grass beds, some extend past the 20' mark and a number of deep tree lines and brush lines in the 25+ range.... is it an easy to fish deep kind of bait?

Or are there other better options for deep water swimbaiting with cover present?

I've never tried the Mission fish but I have had some success throwing Mattlures baby bass and 6" Series swimbaits in depths of 20+ feet along deep grass and standing timber.  

There might be other swimbaits out there that are more suitable for this application but it's not a technique I use often so I have really only used the Mattlures baits.

Even thought the 3:16 is weighted you can put a tungsten bullet weight basically like a txrig and get it down deep without loosing action. I do this a lot on Amistad.

JR

Flechero, I don't know if this helps, but it is pretty easy for me to fish this bait in 20-25 ft. of water.  I throw out with a long cast and let it hit the bottom.  Just start cranking slow.  I bury the hook just under the plastic because of the flooded timber and brush.

Yes, it helps... that is exactly what I'm wanting to know.  I haven't used the mission fish before so I don't know anything about how it fishes.  It just seems like a good bait to throw for bigger fish in my scenario.