For me it is traps.... they catch fish, but everything else too. I've caught a lot of fish, but they also catch every weed, stick, leaf in the water. Also, it doesn't seem to take much to ruin the action of a trap.

+1

Sry for your luck on traps very versitle bait.I would have to go withh deep cranks i know its just a confidence thing i know they work just hate throwing them they are a last resort.

Both have a time and a place

drop-shot, works great but sure can get nasty with the leader tangling up...

I have a love/ hate relationship with deep diving crankbaits. They're a go to bait for me, but after throwing them for 3-4 hours, im beat. Breaking one off hurts too.

Anything with the word Finesse attached to it.

carolina rig...If I'm fishin one it usually means the wind is blowin 30mph and I hate fishin in the wind in an 18 ft boat

chatter bait

Any type of crank bait.....

They do catch fish.....but I can't help but feel like a "special" person while I'm reeling it in.

I prefer trying to "outsmart a bass" with some type of bait that must be worked with skill rather than just casted and retrieved.

.....hence why my 2 favorite baits are a Fluke and a Brush Hog.

cranking done right is an art, its not just chunking and winding...

I hate white spinnerbaits...I dont know why,but I dislike everything about them.

Drop shot for me. I know others swear by it. I usually fish it as a last resort. With that being said, it does have it's place.

I hate traps too. I grew up catching white bass on them, so now I feel like that is all it is for... I have to throw them at times and have caught some sacks on them... but I would rather throw something else.

Yamamoto senko, they catch the hell out of fish but they are $7 a bag and you get about 1 fish per senko. But i still throw them overtime i go out