Plastic worm rigged Texas style has caught more fish for me than all the other tackle I own. 

Being a creek fisherman, it is the jerkbait, balsa model all year long

Shad Rap 05.  I don't like throwing them because they're so light, get caught up in grass too easily, and only go to one depth.  But if I fish one long enough, I can usually boat at least one bass just about any day of the year.  

Largemouth: 5" Senko

 

Smallmouth: Rage Menace

Close second: Gitzit, baby diaper yellow

Winter...Zoom Finesse Worm on a 1/16oz shakyhead 

 

Spring...Chatterbait or Spinnerbait 

 

Summer...Swim jig 

 

Fall...buzzbait 

80s- 90s : Red shad culprit worm 

2000s on : Zoom super fluke in watermelon seed or watermelon red.

Senkos/dingers are a fairly close 2nd in recent years.

#1 Zoom Trick worm rigged any way possible.  #2 Spinnerbait.  #3 Rattle Trap. Followed by Zoom Fluke and Devil's Horse,

Spinnerbait for me without a doubt because of how many different ways you can fish it. My two largest bass have come on them. After that,... Senko (Texas rigged or wacky) or a tube.

plastic worm,junebug or red shad......

4 inch keitech swing impact 

21 hours ago, Mike L said:

Magnum UV Speed Worm

Speed worms and Florida go together like PB&J.  Seems like every tournament angler has one on deck.

Soft plastics

Texas rigged worm 

runner up would be lipless crankbait 

Mann's purple Jelly Worm Texas rigged. 

In my early years, it was a plastic worm on a true Texas Rig.  For the last 35+yrs. it's been a Jig/Craw combo. When I kept a log, there were years when it outproduced all others combined.  Can you tell I throw a jig a lot?

A frog...but sadly not near where I live

 

Powerbait pit boss Texas rigged with a pegged 1/8oz weight.

It's going to take awhile to "catch up to" the amount of pond bass reeled in on a Bass Assassin fluke as a kid.  Pond hoping with a pack and a few hooks would lead to a raw thumb.

 

In public water, a ned style bait is various retrieves is on the fastest pace to catch those worn out flukes.

Cabin Creek Spider Parts on a 1/8 oz jig head- just a mini Hula Grub. But with a separate skirt I can mix/match any combination. With the one thick tentacle, you can rig it weedless.

Senko 5in, Black with Blue Flake or Green Pumpkin Black Flake. 

Years ago it was a 4.5" Sluggo in Alewife.

 

Allen

On 5/7/2022 at 7:33 PM, cyclops2 said:

 

 Mepps Comet LARGE Size.  1 of a few lures that could cause multi hits. 

 

This.  Mepps/In-line spinners are the most effective and versatile lure ever made.  Most of the responses are for bass fishing, but in-line spinners catch multiple species in every body of water on earth.  They are they only lure I know that catch fish in a creek/stream, river, pond, lake, inlet, estuary and the d**n ocean.  Not known for big fish, but something about this basic spinner somehow out produces everything else.

 

If you are only talking bass fishing,  then a T-Rig worm is my guess.

My LMB are all AMBUSHERS  hiding under docks & boats. Some are VERY experienced  C & R  fish.  

4" Slider worm rigged on 1/8th Slider Head. Motor oil is one of the best colors.

Purple worm