Up here in NY weedless is your best friend. Especially when they drain the lake, it is very bad and sometimes even weedless get caught.
Took the boat out a few times so far and got a few pike and a couple nice sized walleye...but most days its' just been too damn hot out (90s in NY in May is unheard of).
We have good luck with floating jigs...we bought a lot because they absolutely kill Walleye in Canada (specifically Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, Québec, flown into a camp about 20 mins via float plane).
This is actually a picture of a friend of mine, Brett, many years ago one of the first trips to Canada with a group of ~12 people.
Fish is as big as him