Bass share characteristics wherever they are, but they are also VERY adaptable so be careful running too far with "a bass is a bass". Environments factor in huge and coupled with bass' adaptability is a large chunk of the reason for the diversity in methods and techniques (the rest is whim and redundancy).

Read up on natural lakes. Pay close attention to water clarity. You'll be dabbling in vegetation and hopefully, some hard substrate too.

I'm in West central WI, so it's not exactly the same but there are similarities to your water. Don't be afraid to use "old school" stuff and throw just a kalins lunker grub on a 1/8 jig head and reel slooow. That works EVERYWHERE. A Mepps Aglia is also another multi species lure that kills em all here. Tubes are another great. Hoice, especially if there are smallmouth. 

Just outside of Detroit Michigan. Lake St Clair (LSC),  Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, and all inland lakes, tributaries, rivers, etc is where i fish. LSC is where i spend most of my time.  Depending on time of year, depth, sky, and water conditions:  Live bait, spinnerbaits, swimbaits, tubes, drop shot, cranks, wacky, NED, Texas, jigs.  Use them all.  

I saw little, or no mention of topwater baits.  I've done well on northeastern lakes with Torpedos and WoodChoppers on breezy days along with twin in-line buzzers during the summer.  They seem to produce bigger fish, for me anyway, than plastics.