weeds

so I dont have a boat, and fish mostly from shore. most of the decent lakes in iowa are man made and stocked, and the one I was on today was no different.

from the shoreline to about 60 feet out is all weeds, and thick ones too. and about 3 feet from the shore the bass were lined up. I couldnt get a SINGLE hit from them. I pitched everything at them I could, and they wouldnt bite. mostly because my plastics and topwaters would get completely covered in weeds, so they fish pretty much couldnt see what I was presenting. how do you guys beat thick thick weeds? just leave them alone?