When I tournament fish, I may have 20+ rods on the boat but I stick mainly with a 4 rod rotation of:

Black jig n pig, Roadkill Tube, Salty Stinker Stickbait(like a Senko) and a 3/8oz Spinner bait. If I had to eliminate 1, likely the tube would go. Maybe.

D. Taylor, I was asking which three baits you like to start the day with.  Not three for the whole day...oops.

earthworm77, you just added another spinner I see.  what color spinners do you prefer?

Crankbait

Spinnerbait

jig

Excalibur Spit'n Image topwater

White/Chart. Tandem 3/8 oz. Spinner

Mann's 1- Series Crankbait

1) topwater frog

2) plastic worms

3) jig

Ill answer it this way when I go fishing I always have texas rig, crankbait, spinnerbait, jig tied on.

Then I'll have different versions of each bait on for different conditions. 1 to 5 other rods with me given the conditions and season and where im fishing and I will start with what best fits the scenerio of where im starting.

Bassin101, I use a couple of colors that most baits are avaialble in Firetiger or Chart/white. I also use a few of my own thatI don't see spinnerbaits avaialble in- Chart/Purple or Table Rock Shad and Road Kill.