If I could only use one bait anywhere anytime it would be a Kalin's or Chompers 3 to 5 inch curly tail grub on a jig head.

Green Pumpkin Senko. That's it. I am a believer.

Read my mind. T-Rig or weightless it will catch fish shallow to deep,

Skip under docks, shimmy down into weeds, wacky rig where you might pitch a jig etc.

yamamoto double tail hula grub in green pumpkin, black flake.

can fish it so many different ways.  weightless, t-rig, c-rig, jig it, swim it, bounce it off bottom, even could pinch tails off, fish it backwards like a grub if needed.

smallies - 1/4 bitsy bug jig with 3" craw trailer

largemouth - 1/4 oz yamamoto arkie jighead with 4" double tail hula grub

    Texas-rigged Zoom Junebug Trickworm.  You can fish the whole water column with this bait .

A 5" senko................

yamamoto double tail hula grub in green pumpkin, black flake.

can fish it so many different ways. weightless, t-rig, c-rig, jig it, swim it, bounce it off bottom, even could pinch tails off, fish it backwards like a grub if needed.

My choice too - love the versatility.  

Some sort of worm. They work all year around.

Dylan

It would depend on the water, and the time of year. All my fish this year have been on two baits: crankbait and suspending jerkbait. It won't be like that in a month.

X3

this time of year- a Black/silver daiwa peanut

In a couple months- A green pumpkin or motor oil trick worm

                   -gk

Usually I would say a T-rig 6" lizard, but not the past few weeks. My backup favorite has been doing the business though, a RI Sweet Beaver in Hematoma on a 1/4oz RI Screwed-Up jighead. I have caught decent fish every outing(at 6 different areas) on this rig.

7" red shad Hookup

or

5" green pump./chart. lam.Trick Stick

It would depend on the water, and the time of year. All my fish this year have been on two baits: crankbait and suspending jerkbait. It won't be like that in a month.

Exactly.  So let's say I'm going tomorrow.  I'd grab one of my crankin' rods and a shad colored square bill crank (a custom flat crank I bought on ebay).  A jig or lizard would work well also, but I can burn water with the crank.

Yamamoto hula grub on a 1/4 oz jighead, swim it, hop it or drag it you will get bit. Those who want to get started fishing a jig should consider starting with this one, the fish rarely let it go.

Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage)

A 5" watermelon red Trick Stick