You know them better than me. When I see a bluff I turn my back to it and look at the other bank. There are no spots and very few smallies here so maybe thats the reason.
One that comes to mind was in autumn and I found bass in the back of a creek stacked up in the remains of a silted in creek channel . I caught maybe 70 bass in that hole with a square bill crankbait . They were still biting when I left . No big ones but it was almost every cast.
I fished tournaments for a couple of years in the 1980's .A cousin and I won 15,000 dollars in1986 and 1987. Every dollar came on a Texas rigged lizards. The BPS Squirmin Liz to be exact.
I use white and chartreuse in the spring . When the spinnerbait bite slows down I usually toss duller baitfish and bluegill patterns . I have no particular pattern , just something less bright.
Xcite xb1 sqarebill . Its suppose to be a superior casting lure .
Berkely half heads . Its suppose to be a good all around jig head for neds, tubes, swinbaits...