This is like asking, "Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads?"

Usually the motive behind these posts is to see what you want to learn next.

not the most productive for me, but easily my favorite thing to catch them on is a hollow belly frog!

Lots and lots of great baits, I would say my favorite is a Zara Spook Jr. in bone white.    Nothing fancy about them, but they will flat out catch fish.

Pure bass catcher would be a 5" soft stick bait, pick a color.

My favorite to fish would be a popping hollow belly frog.

 

7.5" culprit Original worm, Tequila Shad.

For hard baits, it's a toss-up between a black Jitterbug and a SK Red-eye Shad, sexy shad color.

Tom

5/8 oz Scumfrog Natural Black/Green.  For me there is 2 kinds of fishing.  Frogging and everything else.

 

My favorite way to catch a bass is on a topwater lure.

mans baby 1- gold or chrome

19 hours ago, Kyhokie said:

Helicopter Lure. Stop the fight.

looks like something my ex wife would use... 

YCB Senko- 5" watermelon with black flakes.

It always amazes me the stuff people live by that I don't even use.  I'm making a list.  

6 hours ago, Ratherbfishing said:

This is like asking, "Blondes, Brunettes, or Redheads?"

Yes please!

It used to be a #11 Rapala Hard stickbait, and Swithwick Devil Horse guy.  For the last 20 years its been without a doubt the 4" senko type bait guy.  I can fish it weedless.  I can fish it fast or slow.  I can fish it deep or shallow.  I can pause it, walk it, drag it,  I can throw it in the thick stuff, or out in open water.  Fish will hit it while they are lock jaw on other baits.  You have to have confidence in what you throw and I am a believer in this little bait.  It will catch small fish , BIG fish and everything in between.  It is a great little bait.

It'd be a tough decision between a worm and a jig/pig. I'd be happy with either.

Probably the Slug-Go SS.  The number of ways I can rig that whiptail worm and catch fish I'm still counting.  They walk like nothing else in the world on a weightless t-rig, you can bite off the tip and Ned them really well, Neko, wacky, drop shot, jig trailers you name it they just kill it.  

If you aren't familiar:

 

 

 

 

Hardbait is a Yellow Magic

Plastic is a Berkley PW

Rick clunn squarebill 

Yum wooly hawgtail in black blue Texas rigged. 3 inch size with 1/0 ewg hook and 1/8 oz weight. 4 1/2" size with 3/0 hook and 3/16 oz weight. Flip pitch and target cast to cover. Fished with shakes and small hops on bottom. I almost always get my limit and usually 10 more at least on the small one and I've caught a 6 lb smallie and a bunch of 5's on the bigger one and had a 27 lb limit of largemouth in a tourney a couple of years ago on a lake where second place had 14 lbs. This is my go to lure for bites and quality. Favorite lure to fish is mattlures ultimate bluegill in ponds. Never know when an 8lb or larger bass is going to smash it

My #1 All-time, all-species?  Tie between 3" curly tailed grub on a 1/8oz jighead & #3 mepps aglia

My #1 All-time bass only, for productivity?  A texas rigged worm; specifically, a 7" black power worm,

My #1 All-time bass only, for fun? A topwater; lots of contenders but I'll go with.......a classic propbait. 1/4oz heddon tiny torpedo, black shiner

On August 24, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Catt said:

#1 Texas Rigged Gene Larew 7 ½” Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage).

I've caught bass from Texas to Florida, the gulf coast to Ohio, & double digit bass in 5 different states!

That's great and all but, I don't see that worm listed on their web site. Do they still make it?

3 hours ago, jtharris3 said:

That's great and all but, I don't see that worm listed on their web site. Do they still make it?

Nope some Pro took over Research/Development & decided he didn't like em so he discontinued them.

I buy a similar worm from Ann's Tackle in Jasper Tx; I think it's the color & the fact it's a ring worm.

5 inch single tail grub on a 1/4 oz ball head jig.  Craw colors in the spring and shad colors in the summer and fall.  Probably caught 75% of my fish on this one bait

13 hours ago, Catt said:

Nope some Pro took over Research/Development & decided he didn't like em so he discontinued them.

I buy a similar worm from Ann's Tackle in Jasper Tx; I think it's the color & the fact it's a ring worm.

Show's how much those pros know! 

Thanks for the info about Ann's Tackle.

On 8/24/2016 at 5:09 AM, Keith "Hamma" Hatch said:

Jig and pig,.. hands down

Yup, me too.....3/8 oz Black Gary Klein Weapon w/ black #11 frog.

On 8/24/2016 at 11:56 AM, J Francho said:

Usually the motive behind these posts is to see what you want to learn next.

And I see nothing wrong with that.  I believe that's why we're all here.