Hello fellow Wisconsin friends, its awesome to be able to post and converse with others from my area. I'm 26 and have been bass fishing heavily since about age 13. My cousin (fishing partner) and another of our good friends were teaching ourselves bass fishing tactics and buying top end gear while other kids our age didn't understand the concept of rigging a worm. Anyways, to make a long story short we fish the Waukesha and Racine County area by far the most. Small ponds to large lakes to even rivers. I'm a FIRM believer that there is no one way to catch bass. IMO its all about presentation and working lures in different patterns until you find out what causes strikes. In the last 3 weekends we have caught over 50 bass between the 3 of us ranging in length of 12" up to 18" and 1 lb to 4 lb in weight.
Our list (honestly) of lure types used have been crankbaits, jerkbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs and top water. Not bragging by any means and if it appears that way I totally apologize. I'm just trying so assure fellow Wisconsinites that even thought this is not the lunker bass heavy south, there is still hope.
Still, regardless of water body type or weather, I personally believe that spinnerbaits and jigs will always prevail.
Wish all you folk the best and great luck fishing.