topwater, plstic worms/frogs, spinner baits, shallow diving plug/crainkbaits, deep diving plugs/crainkbaits, lipless crankbaits, jigs, jigs and pigs, suspending lures, soft and hard bodied jerkbaits, spoons. my fav by far is tossing a super spook jr or skitter walk, the explosive blowups when bass hit these baits are unforgetable. The cheapest and best bait for beginging bass fishermen is the Texas rigged worm thrown and retrieved with slow upsweeps of the rod waiting for any tap tap or visual lie movement, if no bite after the rod is straight up reel down and slow lift again. when the lines moves, pulls or you feel the tap tap, set the hook like you're trying to pull the fishes mouth off its head. good luck and good fishing,

Rattle L traps, rapala minnows, shad crankbaits, red spinner baits, hula poppers, texas rig, jitterbugs, mepps 3, classic spinners, yellow wormed jigs, and they are so many more combinations that I use. These have what caught me many fish.

the one lure I have caught more bass on hands down is Rapallas glass susspending shadrap.I if your after big fish sometimes the best thing to do is catch some bluegill hook them live and toss em' out into bass territory.

If you're into live bait- I have yet to see a bass pass on a shiner, and big bass like a medium/smallish sized brim. If you like artificials- probably anything resembling a worm will work decently well.

The best Bass Bait depends on were in the US you are fishing all work good but if you watch alot of BASS tourneys there are 5 go to baits for all Pros (1) Texas Rigged 6 inch currly tail worm in either redshad or Pumkinseed. (2) Husky Jerk Rattlin Rouge in Clown or sliver with black back. (3) BlackandBlue Jig (4) POP-R topwater in shad color (5)CrankBaits in Redcrawfish or shad colors(this includes lipless(RATTLETRAPS)and all level of diver the ShadRap in siver with black back is hard to beat. Hope this helps good luck and good fishing.