I picked a worm because that is what I use the vast majority of the time  , but i like all sorts of soft plastics . Grubs , lizards , craws , tubes . They all catch tons of fish and are often interchangeable .  Weve had these threads before where I chose a lizard because I then would have an effective buzzbait. I could just as easily pick a grub.  I always carry   Tiki worms , jogger worms or other inexpensive stick baits because of the weight . I use sections of them on light jigs , roadrunners , spinnerbaits... when the situation calls for small baits but I want to continue using casting gear .

for me, it's a tube. hands down. swim it, flip it, punch it, c rig it, weightless, shakey head, jig trailer, wobble head, rage rig, jig rig and drop shot it. it always produces.

7" M3 Robo.

lol Catt.

1/15th oz Zman finesse schroomZ jig head with a Zman green pumpkin blue flake shadZ

Any straight tail drop shot worm

 

God Bless 

yamamoto senko, wacky rig.

Trick worm Texas rigged 

I actually have a few that work yearound for me,..but I will narrow it down to the 3" curly tailed grub,.. From ice out, til freeze up it undoubtably rules, and I never fish without a rod setup ready for its use. 

Roboworm.

Powerbait chigger craw