Any topwater that looks like a small fish or frog that you can twitch around and make some disturbance with. They're especially effective at dusk and dawn. No need to go with the high-priced top brands, either; I catch plenty of bass and big crappie on Walmart store-brand (Renegade) lures. If you do get some extra money and want to spend it on lures, though, you can't go wrong with the Floating Rapala, Jitterbug, Pop-R, and Hula Popper.

Popper on 4 or 6 lb test. When I was a kid, a friend of my old man had a farm pond full of bass and sunnies. The ate the bugs that swarmed around the cows and got too close to the water. The fish got big and fat, That was the best part of summer when I was a kid. Go about dusk, when the bugs are real thick.

As it was a farm pond and didn’t see much action, practically any cast over weeds was good. If you need more weight to cast, stick a bobber about a foot above the popper. Make sure you either use line no larger then 6 lb test, or use a leader of fluorocarbon. Sunnies and farm pond bass are line shy. They may be inexperienced but not stupid.

I've found largemouth to be pretty consistent on small crank baits such as the Strike King bitsy pond minnow and Berkley flicker shad. Those two have been the two lures I brought to the same pond over again and not once have I left having not at least landed one fish. I suggest dull colors such as shad or even a crawfish pattern ,considering the fish aren't highly pressured you don't need to present something they have never seen before. Along with the small cranks I listed above practically any one will do as long as they swim correctly.

If you have a place that sells Kelley's bass stopper worms or the old touchdown worms work great. I also had good luck last night with a strike king pond master last night.