I think at about this time of year you'd be able to start bass fishing a trick you could use is on a cold day twitch synthetic worms and tubes slowly or use slow moving jiggs because when its cold the fish are slower
I may be mistaken but I believe the state record large mouth was caught early in the year off the bottom with a night crawler by a guy who was early to catfish at Balenger pond. But seriously youll pry my synthetics from my cold dead fingers
My favorite method for spring largemouth is just a hook baited with a plastic or natural worm,toss it out into three to six foot of water and let it sink slowly,just watch the worm as long as you can,then keep your eye on the line for the slightest twitch,blammo,fat mamma!