This time of year the best approach is drop shotting and dragging jigs or grubs on the bottom. Stay with natural colors. Fishing deep this time of year is typically not a problem as long as the fish are released immediately. Use your graph and look for rock piles near drops or weed edges. Yes, the weed edges are starting to show. If your lucky enough to find bait schools put a suspending jerk bait in there and work it slow. When I say slow, I mean when you think you are fishing slow, slow it down even more. Most strikes will come while the bait is suspended and not moving at all. Hope this helps.