Unless I'm fishing the jungle, I like to rig large swimbaits on a bullet head jig head...with a 6" bait a 5/0 hook with 1/2 oz head will get you down to deep weed lines and drop offs.
If they are right in the cabbage, then yes, I'll rig a swimbait on a weighted wide gap hook Tex-pose style...
I had a cottage at the mouth of the Moon River for a number of years...June was always big Pike month. Find cabbage weeds at the mouth of bays leading to the deeper basins and channels. G Bay is gin clear water, cabbage will grow down to 20 ft...fish the edge.