What's your favorite bait technique?

So far, I have

- jig

- t-rig finesse worm

- spinnerbait

- small suspending square-bill crankbaits that can bounce off trees

- small minnow type baits

- small jerkbaits like X-raps

lipless cranks

minus 1

Thats some prime topwater to subsurface action in Texas.

T-rig worms, and spinnerbait are my both top picks.

shallow cranks (1-2 footers)

last night we were slaying them on jigs. 1/4 oz Black Bitsy Bugs with Zoom swimmin' chunk trailers. The fish were so agressive we were burning the jigs back kind of like you would burn a spinnerbait and the fish were going absolutely crazy for it. All together I got 6 and my mom got 8.

X rap and xcalibur xr50 or xr75.

T-rig worms, and spinnerbait are my both top picks.

2X

Soft jerkbaits, soft sticks, shallow to medium cranks, and spinnerbaits.

What about mid 50's to low 60's?

We just received 3-6" of rain in two days, the water has risen 2ft and still rising, and the dam is generating about half capacity which is making the water stained.

Lows in the 40's, rising barametric pressure, and sunny.

I'm thinking finesse all the way with various plastics (t-rig stick, drop shot, slow rolled spinnerbaits, popping jigs off cover for reaction bites.

Spinnerbait

Shallow Crankbait

Lipless Crankbait

Falcon

Flukes, Senkos, Craws...

And lately the smallies here have been crushing the little 2" tube baits. Got the tip from an older fellow in the WalMart fishing isle. Right before he left he said, "you know what really works good...these little tubes like this right here, this blue and white is a good color." It was a small 8 pack of 2" maxi-tails I think they were called, bright blue with white sparkle tails.

I bought the little pack he had picked up and went to try them out that day. Rigged it up with a plain lead jig head. Second cast pulled in a 1.5# smallie...

That was last Thursday and I thats the only bait I've used since :-). Getting lots of action on it...

Excalibur XR50 lipless crank

Jigs, buzzbaits and ragetail shads!

Buzzbaits and Ragetail Shads first to find the fish, then jigs to 'round up the stragglers.

I like reaction baits in that water temperature range.  I don't use plastics much in the Fall.

Same thing that worked in the spring around here. Jigs, spinners, and cranks.