For me it is the swim jig and the bladed jig. I used to catch several bass on both but the last couple of years I can’t buy a fish on either one no matter what color I throw. How about you?

Big Colorado bladed spinnerbaits.

The only baits that have stopped producing are the ones I quit throwing. Haven't thrown a spinnerbait in 2 years.

Past few seasons, the Strike King KVD 1.5 HC Squarebill

has been replaced by the Strike King Hybrid Hunter Jr.

No clue as to why.

A-Jay

All of them.

Bladed jigs. They are my nemesis. Bought some grass pieces to try this year. Maybe I will have better luck with those.

So far in 2026, ALL OF THEM! 😵‍💫.

Spinner baits and bladed jigs have to be the worst performers in my arsenal.

Over the past few years it’s been the hollow bodied frog which absolutely crushes my soul because it’s my favorite presentation.

I have no clue what’s going on with it either. I’m not giving up on it though.

Topwater lures in general

Punching baits. With all the weed control programs there's hardly anything to punch.

Spinnerbaits. Still throw them but fish just aren't interested.

I haven't had a good frog bite in years. Everything else goes in cycles. Vibrating jigs were slow in 24 but 25 picked back up in a major way. Swim jigs were my hot bait in 24 but last year was slow on them. Spinnerbaits depend on the lakes I'm fishing a lot but are relatively consistent when the conditions are right. Neds were on fire in 2024 and I could hardly buy hits on them last year.

But that frog bite. I think I've caught 5 fish in the past 4 years combined on them. I think they just get fished a lot around here. A plopper might be similar but I need to throw it more this spring and see if it is 3 years in a row.

Pretty much everything still works here if you commit to throwing it as far as I know. The conditions have to be right for different baits to work now - it’s not just like fish come unglued for a bait like maybe it once was - and the nuance in presentation required to get bites is wild.

That being said - a bladed jig just doesn’t work like it once did for me!

16 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

That being said - a bladed jig just doesn’t work like it once did for me!

I might have said the same last year. Seemed off for me, other than the smallish stealth guy - the one with the plastic blade. But I have had two days this spring already when a bladed jig with a Spunk Shad was fire. Very few hits on red so far, though.

Karashi.. first time out I caught 4-5, second time 1 fish. The next dozen times I’ve been blanked.

Spinnerbait just won’t get it done for me. I tried hard last year. Different sizes,colors,retrieves, trailer vs no trailer. Calm days. Windy days. Idk I just could not get a consistent bite on them. I think I caught 2? All I’ve thrown this year pretty much is a bladed jig and doing very well. I did get one on an underspin this year though.

Oh and dang rattle traps. I just can’t get it on one lol.

Dark Sleeper all sizes

Bladed Jigs. Always

Floating Rapala

Crankbaits

I use to catch fish on all types of cranks, one of my top producing type of baits. Then it was just squarebills. Now the last couple years I can't even hardly get bit on squarebills.

18 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

So far in 2026, ALL OF THEM! 😵‍💫.

Spinner baits and bladed jigs have to be the worst performers in my arsenal.

Yikes! I was planning on leaning on these two this spring.

All my lures are still producing, but I fear that my underspins will one day quit catching bass because they've caught so many. I love that lure. I make a point of using my Whopper Ploppers sparingly because bass can learn this lure.

17 hours ago, gim said:

Topwater lures in general

Poppers were HOT for me in 2024, but in 2025, they were lukewarm.

I can’t think of any lure that I stopped throwing because it stopped catching fish.

I can think of plenty I stopped throwing because something else caught my interest or attention.

1 hour ago, Swamp Girl said:

Poppers were HOT for me in 2024, but in 2025, they were lukewarm.

That's the thing. The more you tend to use something, the more the fish become pressured by it.

I used to have excellent outings with hollow body frogs and buzz baits during certain times of the season. That slowly just faded away. It's so useless now even under the most ideal conditions I can't even get myself to try them anymore.

Muskie fishing is very similar here. The lack of fish in our waters combined with their average size/age and the pressure they've received has made it close to impossible to catch one. Even under desirable conditions.

The one thing us northerners have going is that the fish tend to receive a bit of a "break" from the pressure for a few months in the winter. But eventually as the season wears on, they wise up again.

For the past few years I haven't caught anything with a vibrating jig. That bait used to be one of my staples.

Spinnerbaits and frogs. Not unrelated, those two things are what I see other fishermen on my lakes throwing the most. Especially spinnerbaits. I used to always have one tied on but it's rare now.