Always use crawlers on light shot for personality Type A Smallies. The 30 - 36 foot, Type B personality Smallie is the norm and will always be a decent sized fish. Type B personalities prefer minnows and hang near the thermocline for the huge schools of minnows. These deep water Type D's follow Ciscos wherever they go. Use downriggers with Cisco type spoons or better yet, use the real thing for guaranteed success.
Northerns are on the prowl and are tearing up the lake and anything and everything in their way.
Best bet for a monster are the 40 - 55 foot depths near Gages Marine. Use suckers on slip-floats tied with a Fire Line leader. Don't be fooled, suckers work way better than chubs. Additionally, Northern kinda like their food slightly near death. Easy pickins', I guess.