Just took the water temperature yesterday. After a couple of nice warm days, it had climbed from 48 degrees all the way up to 54 degree. That's a huge jump for a big, deep lake.

For me, this temperature requires a fast sinking line and a small/medium Clouser usually in a brown/orange or chartreuse/white. Fished very slowly. While 54 degrees would have Northern fish wild with excitement (ice out and all that), our Southern fish haven't been exposed to deep cold temperatures in the low 30's and are a little slower to wake up. They'll need a couple more degrees before they begin to move much and explore (IMHO).