I know we've done this numerous times, but opinions change as days go by. Based on the past month of fishing, post your top 5 baits.

1. Shakey Head w/ worm - dark colors

2. White Spinnerbait - 3/8 oz. Stainless Steel Terminator Tandem Willow

3. Xcalibur Rattle-Trap - Tennessee Shad Pattern

4. Chartruese Spinnerbait - 3/8 oz. KVD Spinnerbait - Double Gold Colorado/Indiana Combination

5. Zoom Trick Worm - Bubble Gum Pattern T-rigged on a 3/0 hook with a 1/8 oz. bullet weight.

Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage)

Bill Lewis's Rat-L-Trap ½ oz Red Chrome

Oldham's Lures Trailer Hitch Jig, 3/8 oz Black/Blue, Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws in 6 with 1 ½ cut off the tail

Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws in 6, 5, & 4 in the following colors.

Black/Blue Claw

Junebug/Blue Claw

Black Neon

Stanley Wedge ½ oz Spinner Bait - White Skirt - Double Gold Willow Leaf Blades

1. Castaic Jerk Minnow in sliver w/grn back

2. Fl. bass pattern spook jr.

3. Spro white bucktail jig

4. Zoom trick worm, watermelon seed

1. 1/2oz black/blue jig with ZOOM super chunk trailer

2. 3/16oz homemade black/blue/purple jig with a GYCB baby craw trailer

3. 1/4oz shakey head with ZOOM trickworm- Junebug

4. Bandit 200 series crankbait- chart/rootbeer

5. Lucky Craft Pointer 100- Aurora Brown.

I don't know. The last month the water has had a foot of ice frozen over it and when I throw any bait it just slides.

watermelon senko

carolina chip bass devil II crankbait

gold ratltrap / bill lewis

sluggo

booyah clacker buzzbait.

PS - Yes, we do this pretty often.  but your point is well taken.  As conditions change and new techniqes get experimented with, the list does change.  At least for me.

I think an update 3 or 4 times a year is perfectly in order.

As of today:

1)Lucky Craft Pointer 100SP in Misty Shad(9 Large Mouths today)

2)Rapala DT-6 in Silver

3)Senko any dark color

4)Lucky Craft Pointer 100DD in Chartreuse Shad

5)Lucky Craft Flat Mini CB Chartreuse Rootbeer MR

6" T-rig Zoom Lizard

Storm 5" swimbait

Skirted Salt Craw on football jig head

Huskey Jerk

4" T-rig Zoom lizard

1. 1/2 oz Strike King bleeding hook spinnerbait in firetiger

2. 5 inch Berkley Beast in watermelon red flake

3. Strike King red eye shad in red craw

4. 1/8 oz Tru Tungsten ball buster (shakey head) with a zoom finesse worm in pumpkinseed

5. 1/2 oz black/blue Denny Brauer jig w/black paca chunk trailer

Last month all my bass were on Bill lewis 1/4 oz Rat-L-Traps (Smoky Joe) and GYCB Fat Ika (Watermellon)

This month

1. excalibur chart. shad twitch bait

2. norman dln black splatter back crank

3. hand tied brown & blue jig, match twin tail trailer

4. Lucky Craft lavender shad pointer 100.

5. excalibur melon pearl twitch bait

1. Yum Dinger watermelon purple glitter

2. Strike King Diamond Shad red craw

3. Rad Lures chatterbait chart./white

4. Hart Bleeding spinnerbait chart./white nickel colorado/gold willow

5. Shaky Head Zoom Trick worm watermelon purple glitter

the only thing i've caught a fish on this year has been a 3/8oz black/purple jig with a KGM craw  

1. Mann Hardnose 6' Lizard Junebug

2. Yum Wooly Hawgtail 3.5 Firetiger

3. Strike King 3x Floating Worm Watermelon Seed

4. Rattlesnake Lures 4 inch ribon worm

All Texas Rig

1. speedtrap, craw finish, 1/4 oz.

2. Terminator Spinnerbait, chartreuse.  1/2 oz.

3. Senko, 5" in blue flake.

That's all I've used this year.

Well, since the ice is just coming off I haven't fished yet this year. My first tournament is this sat.  But these are my top 5 favorate every spring. After Sat we will see if they change

1. Black/Blue 1/8oz Bass Stalker jig, Zoom "big salty chunk"  black/blue flake

2. BPS "Magnum Flippin Tube" #13

3. reaction innovations "Mini skirt" T-rigged 1/16 oz (finess flippin)

4. War eagle "screaming eagle"

5. Watermelon Senko

So far this year top producers are:

1. Zoom trick worm watermelon/red cut down about 1.5" and t rigged

2. Bandit 200 chartreuse/ black

3. Handpour finesse worm t rigged w 1/16oz weight

4. Same worm as 3 drop shotted

5. Chartreuse/silver jigging spoon

1 Booyah (I think) Yellow twin willow leaf & Colorado blades spinner

2 Senko Watermelon

3 2 Bomber Fat-A baby bass

4 3-1/2 tubes

5 A 3 dark gray and white spoon that I picked up off ebay last year I just like spoons.  Don't know the make or the model but have caught a couple of nice ones on it.

1. Rat-L-Trap 1/2 Ounce Chrome & Blue

2. Shaky Head w/ Yum Houdini Worm

3. Rapala DT-4 Bluegill

4. Booyah Spinnerbait 3/8 Ounce White Double Willow Leaf

5. Senko any kind any Color

P.S. Would like to learn the jig but have never had any luck any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!