Crankbaits worked along the bank, jig and craw fished at the edge of vegetation, and lipless baits slow rolled off the bottom. Everything else has been hit or miss. 

On the Columbia, pre spawn with a mid depth crankbait worked over current breaks. That's the bread.

Home lake, pre spawn pitchin plastics to buck brush and hard targets.  That's the butter.

By far my favorite technique to use is topwater, but I will use whatever is needed to catch a big bass. I tend to fish more often on low light conditions such as dawn, dusk, nighttime, cloudy, rainy days, etc.