I want to thank you all for your suggestions, very helpful indeed.  My fishing experience, such as it is, has been mostly confined to late spring and early summer so I appreciate the reminder that the late summer patterns will be very different than what I’m used to.  I have pulled out all my deep diving jerks and cranks, those that are rated 12 to 20 feet, and plan to pack 15 or so of those along with a few shallow divers and a handful of top water baits for early morning and later evening.  I also took your advice, Jax, and picked up a Taildancer and an X Rap Shad so I should be good for cranks.  I also appreciated your reminder, Jax, to fish from shallow to deep rather than the other way round, makes a lot of sense.  

Now a few questions regarding jigs and worming.  I have no experience with jig heads so ... I picked up some ¼ ounce jig heads.  They are the BPS store brand with the big painted eye.   Will these do the trick or is there another brand, size or style that would be better?  I got a pack of Chompers 4” Skirted Grubs in Green Pumpkin and a pack of Yamamoto 5” D/T H-Grubs which are basically the same thing, skirted double tailed grubs.  Snow Dog, are these what you were suggesting or would I be better off with something else?  Now, with worms rigged wacky style, would I be best to crimp ¼ ounce shot above the hook to get the bait down or just wacky rig with a jighead (the hook style on the jigheads don’t seem that well suited to wacky rigging)?  Also Mr. B, would I be pairing the swim baits with the jig heads or with worm hooks with ¼ ounce shot crimped to the line?  Again, is there a difference in quality or results between brands of jig heads and is ¼ ounce the right size for the swimbaits?

Thanks much for your input.