When a lake is letting water out there are two basic things I've learned, one is to head up the lake into the river area's away from the spillway and the secound is to fish the inside area of secoundary points. As for the darker water go with darker baits. For me I like working something that I have to work slowly. Hope this helps you.

Cold moving muddy water with 100% cloud cover and a cold north wind = Go home.

Thanks for all the info..