My "go to" changes with what body of water I'm fishing.  In general, I always have a sq bill and a jig tied on.

Manns jelly purple worm.t rigged weightless or with.i guess im still lookin to break my own record 25 yrs later.

Exactly the same here. Manns jelly purple worm T rigged.

Exactly the same here. Manns jelly purple worm T rigged. 

 

I'm glad to see the love for the Jelly Worm. Just  got 160 in the mail yesterday .  Black grape , Blueberry , Motor Oil are the old colors I use . This year i had a lot of luck on Watermelon Chartreuse .

 

  The last day I went fishing this year I had a school of 1 to 2 lb bass located on a point with a marker buoy marking the spot. A boat slowly trolled out to me to see what the heck i was using . He was friendly and apologized but was getting skunked and he said  " I never seen anyone catch as many fish as you "   I invited  him to fish the spot and he still could not catch any . I was using a Manns six inch chartreuse watermelon  worm , gave   him three    and he then  put a couple of bass in the boat . He wanted to buy the rest of the bag but I refused to sell them . I bet he went home and placed an order .

I'm glad to see the love for the Jelly Worm. Just  got 160 in the mail yesterday .  Black grape , Blueberry , Motor Oil are the old colors I use . This year i had a lot of luck on Watermelon Chartreuse .

 

  The last day I went fishing this year I had a school of 1 to 2 lb bass located on a point with a marker buoy marking the spot. A boat slowly trolled out to me to see what the heck i was using . He was friendly and apologized but was getting skunked and he said  " I never seen anyone catch as many fish as you "   I invited  him to fish the spot and he still could not catch any . I was using a Manns six inch chartreuse watermelon  worm , gave   him three    and he then  put a couple of bass in the boat . He wanted to buy the rest of the bag but I refused to sell them . I bet he went home and placed an order .

Been in almost the same spot before fishing a pond everyone (family outing) wanted to know why one guy was doing all the catching. It was the only guy using the Manns 6" Marmalade (motor oil) worm. Everyone changed and everyone started reeling in fish. Coincidence? I think not. 

Jig with some kind of trailer on it.

I primarily fish from the shore of the lake in relatively shallow water. A shallow crank (mostly squarebills) seems to be my go to bait, particularly in spring and fall.

swim bait  . storm clear color. i use them on my A rig as well.

The newly released bait that I don't have. Gotta get one in each color and size. Right? 

Ribbon-tail worm, Tequila sunrise, red shad, or junebug,  t-rigged. 

 

2nd place would be a blue/black jig with matching trailer.

 

Tom

War Eagle spinner baits or a Rage or Creme craw.Use them alot

Some type of Jig with trailer, preferably a Siebert Jig.

Plastics. T-rig most often.

Shallow, a Super Fluke or Houdini shad on a 4/0 EWG hook

Deep, a straight tail worm on a jighead

in between, a double willow spinnerbait.

Last few months it's been a Super Sally.

normally a jig rigged with a rage craw of a rage tail menace rigged vertically if i'm swimming it