Small Fish on Small Lake

This summer my family and I went fishing on the small lake in our town. We haven't had great luck but we don't go out much. Plus we're not the best fishermen. One of the problems we face is the lake is never more than 100 yards across and we catch most of the fish along the bank, so we are constantly getting stuck in branches logs and rocks. This year we only got out once and caught this very small bass.