I've read a few articles of pros using a 1-2 punch approach to catching fish. 1 being a lure that they can locate the fish with, then 2 being some sort of finesse method to "clean 'em up".

 

What is your bait of choice to cover a lot a water before you slow down and clean them up?

Depends on the temps, depth, and cover.  Traps, diving cranks (all depths), spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and topwater walk the dog are great tools.

Find them with a crankbait, clean up with a jig.

Trap then drop shot

Hornytoads, sammies, jerkbaits, lipless cranks

Rat L Traps or spinnerbaits.

Lip less cranks and spinner baits.

Horny toad followed by a trick worm or rattlesnake.

Spinner bait, chatterbait, crankbait, swim jig. In that order.

Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, swimjigs, frogs, and lipless cranks for searching.

 

Jigs, Senkos, and various finesse plastics as a follow-up.

Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits is what I did last season.  This season I'm going to expand and use a crankbait more often. 

Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, lipless cranks

Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, lipless cranks

This.

Last year I went old school...Blades and Grubs

Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, lipless cranks

X3 with a couple topwaters

Spinnerbait #1.

Last year I went old school...Blades and Grubs

Grubs are what I use to start with instead of the top water during the cooler months here. Then I go back over the area slow with a t-rigged creature.

Depends on the temps, depth, and cover.  Traps, diving cranks (all depths), spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and topwater walk the dog are great tools.

This ^, + swimjigs and JBs

3/4 football jigs around rock and sand

traps and then jigs

Spinnerbait and finesse worm

I search for the type of cover I want and then throw a Texas Rigged Worm into it........

Rattle traps, spinnerbaits, buzz baits, poppers, spooks. It really depends on the time of year

Lipless crank or white super fluke.

Swim Jigs, spinnerbaits, followed up with Jigs.... surprise surprise