I've learned that when the water temp is lower the bass tend to veer away from the more aggressive/bigger trailers. Just something simple like the zoom chunk would work great. Towards the spring and summer months I tend to use bigger trailers, I have even used brush hogs on.
This past weekend, the water was 57 degrees, the pattern I was catching them on was fishing in the mouths of feeder creeks off of the main river. I was flipping lizards, and craws under lay downs. So you can still get away with flipping in the colder time of year. It doesn't matter what time of year it is, the creek stays the same temp. The creeks are my go to when I can't figure things out on the lakes or rivers. Hope this helps somewhat.