Rapala. Besides all of the other species that have been mentioned, I've caught reef snapper, grouper, snook, jack crevalle, tarpon, barracuda, dolphin and even a sailfish.

You'll catch everything bass, crappie, sand bass, strippers, catfish, drum, gar, etc.

What's the marble on the line?

Well being new to all this and trying to learn as much as possible I studied this thread really close and thought I might pass on some interesting statistics. I compiled the numbers of what lure has the most votes and then what category has the most votes. Here they are:

1. Rat-L-Trap = 13 votes
2. Road Runners = 11 votes
3. Beetle Spin = 8 votes
4. Rooster Tail = 8 votes

1. Spinner Type Baits = 41 votes
2. Crank Type Baits = 18

So I think I'm gonna go out and by myself some Rat-L-Traps and Road Runners. Can you guys tell me what the best rod/line for these lures are and what's the proper way to fish with them?

Very nice vote tallying! How many crappie jig/ jig & grub/ jig & plastic entries did you see?

As far as line goes, I would fish small Rat-L-Traps on 8lb test (Sufix) and the roadrunners on 6lb test (Trilene XL). The traps you can cast and reel, yo-yo, burn & fall or just pop them out of the tops of grass and weed beds. The roadrunners are best fished slow. I tend to fish them just above bottom or just a few feet off bottom.

I didn't put those down because I didn't know what a lot of them were or what category they go in. If you answer those questions I'll add them to the main list.

crappie jig = 6 votes
slab = 5 votes
kastmaster = 2 votes
sassy shad = 3 votes
curly tail grub on jig head = 2 votes

The rest of these only had one vote each:
berkley powerbait
gulp variety minnow
senko
sassy shad
shyster (I imagine is shad?)
grub
banjo minnow gig
blue fox vibrax
fluke like bait
scrounger with albino fluke
Lit'l Fishie - Original 1.5" (White Pearl/Gray Back)
johnson sprite
super duper
Pop-r (I know it's topwater lure-is it considered crankbait?)
leadhead jig
inline spinner
little george
wooly bugger

CP Swing

Crappie jigs, curly tail (or other grubs) on a jighead, sassy shad are all the same. Crappie jigs for a lack of a better term.

Kastmasters & slabs are spoons.

Rooster Tail!!! any color

KastMaster By far!!!

Clouser Minnow.

I've caught over 2 dz species on this fly. It may get criticized as a glorified jig but it works.

We fish the tailwaters on the Tennessee river and nothing comes close to a locally made spoon called a Foley Spoon. We have caught every species of Catfish, bass, pearch, strip and most of the trash fish that swim in these waters big and small. I guess any thing that will eat a threadfin shad.

Yep... Caught cats, bass, whites, crappie, perch, drum with em...

I once threw em at the coast when I looked in my tackle box and had no more spoons... Caught like five different species in half an hour...

Most of the fore mentioned.

That is hilarious!