I do not have one yet, what lure can you go out no matter what time of day/conditions/time of year and feel confident it catching a fish?

Soft plastics.

some type of jighead. what is trailing it would depend on the situation. could be jig and pork. jig with worm, grub, plastic crawdad,without a skirt. there are just too many ways to use a jig to list.

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A-Jay

I need to fish jigs more apparently......

00 modbug jig

Jeff

Squarebill crank and a Rage Craw

Spinnerbait

My favorite class is jerkbaits.

Dropshot!

or senko

Shakey head and spinnerbait.

dropshot or topwater, especially walk the dog baits

I am going to say a jig also. When I started fishing for bass I liked cranks. The more I learned to use jigs the more I liked them.

30 years ago I would have said a spinnerbait, but I've "outgrown" that, knowing now that there may be a better bait for the conditions I'm fishing. I target smallmouth and love it when the sun is out and the wind is up and the smaliies will come from a distance to smash it - but this isn't often the case.

I'll fish soft plastics rigged several different ways, suspending jerkbaits during early prespawn, cranks on occasion and topwater. I like 'em all when they're producing fish.

I realize I haven't exactly answered your question. Instead I'm saying, "Be versatile." Determine what they want for the conditions at hand.

TopWater or CrankBaits........Jigs are coming on strong though.

Jig or 4" straight tail worm

Weightless trick worm

It´s not my specialty, but I know that I can catch a bunch of fish most of the times in most conditions with a 5" curly tail grub, that and add a good collection of terminal tackle ( hooks, sinkers, specialty stuff like bladed jigheads n´such ).

My specialty is junk fishing, maybe not on an hour to hour basis, but day to day, week to week, during the entire season, I basicly junk fish my way from ice out till now. The list of baits I have caught big fish on is like the TW website.

I'm a spinnerbait and crankbait fan, but I really am trying to learn how to use jigs.

When I'm on the water I'll always have either a jig or shakyhead tied on, usually both.