How do your spec and redfish techniques change in the winter?

Lures pretty much exclusively in winter. Some times will bring some ho's if we trap them. Like the other poster mentioned, slow and deep.
The above sounds kind of sexual after reading, sorry.

Sometimes downsizing lures for specks will work when it gets really cold.....1/8oz jig with the smaller beetle.

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Fish deeper and slower.

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Negative on trout. I use the same twitch year around and catch.
I catch more and bigger trout during the winter.

Tremendously.

Neck, a lot of variables come into play in the wintertime. If we have a few days in a row where it's really cold, fishing can be tough and they will be in deep holes. IMO the water is warmer the deeper you go until the afternoon sun warms the shallow water over the reefs. When fishing lakes, look for tide lines, mixing water, reefs, bait and crab trap lines that are being used (decaying bait in the trap attracts bait fish which attracts game fish- thanks for getting me unbanned OB ) sometimes they want a cork popped slowly, sometimes they want a steady retrieve, sometimes they want it bumped slowly off the bottom, sometimes you have to pop it really hard off the bottom. The fish will tell you what they want. That's for trout. Reds, easy. Throw beetle spins along the marsh n runouts. Spoons n touts on the bottom. The less you fish them, the better. (let the tide do the work)
when it gets cold they tend to "bury" themselves in the mud and becomes extremely lethargic

If your fishing location and technique don't change some in the winter you likely don't catch as many fish.

IMO November is the BEST month to fish in LA period. THe trout are done with their migration into the marshes. AS others have said they congregate around deep holes where they can go for warmth. My favorite places to fish them are 5-6' flats that are adjacent to deep holes they come out of the deep holes and feed on the oyster flats in the afternoons in the winter (i.e. about the time you wake up from your afternoon nap post duck hunting). My favorite way is artificial under a popping cork.

IF it's very cold you need to fish the deep water and find the warmer water. Sometimes they are suspended in the hole, other times they are on the bottom. They are almost always VERY sluggish and you oftentimes won't feel them hit, just have weight on the end of the line.

If the temp drops below 50 degrees in the hole you are fishing go home, they aren't going to bite.

I like to fish deep structure such a rock jetty that hold the sun's heat when the water is cold. Other than that, there's merit to what everyone else is saying above.