Any one have a lure or bait they use multiple ways ? I fish NY state and my home lake is erie so a good example would be using a tube bait as a dropshot  ( I dont do it but i have hear of people doing so?) Give me your secret! Detail with specific brands would be much appreciated. thanks. 

I've used a squarebill like a jerkbait, craw like a buzzin' frog, curly tail worm as a jig trailer, buzzbait as a spinnerbait, and many more. It's up to your imagination.

I use and work many of my baits in different ways, but my soft plastics are the most versatile. I'm a tube junkie and it's likely the one bait I'm always experimenting with. The last thing I tried was using it on a shakey head. My most successful use was a creature tube used as a jig trailer. My two best fish of the season came off that combination two years ago.

Any kind of plastic is versatile

Rage craw

Rage rig

Tx rig

Trailer

Drop shot

Shakey head

Grub. Swim it, jig it, drop shot it, topwater it, ANYTHING it.