1. Paddle tail, your choice. SA, H&H, DSL
2. Topwater, your choice Rapala, Heddon, Mirrorlure
3. Suspending/slow sinker, your choice
4. Spoon, your choice
5. A lifelike shrimp/scented type, your choice.

That’s sort of a summary of what I read from the posts, although some like a fast sinking plug too.

Presentation normally trumps anything else such as color or brand, but that’s not always the case in my experience. But most of the time when I fish the same water with friends none of us are starting out with the same lure. We might only go, reluctantly, to the same thing if and only if one specific type is proving to be the one thing that will work.

Everyone has confidence lures and occasionally even those might not be the thing so it’s good to get some other things into action.

Ultimately, fish the lures you enjoy fishing. There might be multiple ways to get the fish on any given day, but you might enjoy bumping and jigging a paddle tail while your partner likes walking the dog with a topwater.