Well buddy I'm no expert by any means but I can give you my opinion just the same. When the weather is unstable,I don't fish. I never fish after a front until 3 days of stable weather after the front. It doesn't matter hot, cold, or comfortable. Warm fronts stall the bite same as cool fronts in my experience. I also use a barometer, I find any pressure movement is good but I have done best on rising pressure, once it peaks out or gets above 31 I'm done. Fish bite in cold weather, hot weather and when it's comfortable for you. Finding them is a challenge for every fisherman and where you find them can vary from day to day. To answer you're cold weather question I start deep, in the channel from the bottom to 1 foot. Then move to the first incline, the side of the channel. Then work my way across the flat targeting any structure I find. Than I will work my way to the second incline at about 7-10 feet of water still targeting structure. After that I work the bank back to 7 feet of water targeting cover. If I don't get a bite I'm done. This time of year I would start on the banks and work my way to 7 feet of water targeting both cover and structure. Good luck and I hope this helps.
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