What is your absolute true confidence bait that you have tied on at all times in the fall?

Rapala Countdown CD7 1/4oz black/silver. This bait is a work-horse.

1/2oz football jig with structure bug for a trailer. Hope it, drag it, or swim it. Year round go-to! 

kvd squarebill crankbait 1.5 gizzard shad color. Its caught me tons of bass and peacock bass as well.

Mann's 8", and 12" Jelly Worms Grape color preferably but Marmalade Motor Oil works too. 

Fall transition everything can work.

My go to lure year around is a jig so it's always tied on.

Structure spoons and line thru tail spins are my preferred shad school lures.

Swimbaits and deep diving crank baits get a lot work.

Always fishing soft plastic worms so it's tied.

Lots of stuff to choose from, don't get into a rut, be versitile!

Tom

Anything that imitates a shad

I will be throwing my A-rig alot in october

My square bills and jigs tend to get the most action in fall.

Jig and a lipless crank!

I always have a Seibert jig and use GYBC DT grubs for trailers.  I've played with trailers a lot and actually have a giant dislike for Senkos, but the DT grubs have been so reliable for me.  And I always have a Ned rig available.  

11 hours ago, riverbasser said:

Anything that imitates a shad

I will be throwing my A-rig alot in october

Definitely, The Rig.

Some type of walking topwater followed by a soft plastic jerkbait.

Shad rap

Silver buddy style blade baits

Suspending jerkbait, kvd 1.5 and 2.5 squarebill, and when all else fails the ned rig.

Lipless bait, square bill crankbait and as water cools a jerkbait.  

t-rigged worm,punchin rig,bomber long-a jerkbait. not in that order.

I like the jointed shad raps. with a slow rip and pause technique. The SK shadlicious swimbait on a keel weighted hook. And also a spoon. Just the simple yo-yo retrieve with the right spoon can be deadly. On all game fish. Especially in fall. 

Moving baits; buzzbait, spinnerbait, bladed jig, trap, squarebill, spook, and jerkbait. Covering water is usually key.

Lipless and shallow running crankbaits, spinnerbaits and bladed jigs.

3/8oz arkie jig with a z-craw trailer 

Black cavitron buzzbait and a lipless crank

Lipless and rooster tail

Bass Patrol Silicone Football Jigs 1/4 Oz. and 3/8 Oz. As a trailer I like to use a 3" or 4" Berkley Powerbait Chigger Craws in Green Pumpkin, Pumpkin Green Flake, Watermelon or Watermelon Candy...

Mann's 12 in jelly worm in blackberry color.