Storm lures have a swimtail thingy that all the pictures of really decent fish at Bass lake claims to have been the bait of choice, I've tried it but it sinks once you stop or slow down the retrieve.
NOW this is My take on the Lake. (for the big ones)
You gotta get a fish-like lure that suspends a couple of feet beneath the surface, wait for the big bank cruisers to make the appearance, drop that a couple of meter's away and suspended drag it towards the cruiser and entice him/her and then HOLD ONTO YOUR ROD (hopefully you've checked the drag before all this) and shout for some-one to get the camera, the scale and to phone the wife for something that'll come to mind a bit later........
(small ones chows grubs) anyway you rig, retrieve them and in most of the watermelon colours......
But you'd rather have somebody do all the fecthing of things and calling the wife right? riiiiight., so go search for such a suspending lure, soft would be better but get it in a size of at least a 200 to 300 gram bass, NO JOKES.
:f1shy