Ask me in another month when its early summer. The ice just came off not too long ago and its prespawn here!

 

First two choices would be tubes and cranks like spro rk crawler. I only fish smallmouth, no largies.

If its lakes or ponds i mainly stick with t-rigged soft plastics (senkos, craws, flukes, beavers with or without weeds). 

 

Rivers where I smallmouth fish at is usually a ned rig, t-rigged craws and flukes.

heck, in Ohio, we are still waiting for Spring We still have low to mid 50 water temps inland and Erie is still in the 40's