The ONE bait that stays on your rods that you never change

[Marmooskapaul]

1/2 OZ homemade spinnerbait double bladed with Bob Toman blades. Shimano CU Curado 5:3:1 reel, 7 foot Shimano ML1702 rod....always. Color may change.Also 15 lb Big Game mono.

[Gamblerman65]

Blue tip Senco

[BASS2277]

yum dinger

[basscatlildave]

Punching set up with a Beaver.

[Bob282]

Neko rig with 1/32 tungsten weight/zoom trick worm GPG
Ned rig with 1/32 head weedless/Rapala BLT in GP
Yamamoto GPC wakey rigged

[Classicxl]

Fat Rap firetiger.

[r83srock]

I always have a senko on a baitcaster and a jig on another.

[Jbass123]

Since you say *one* bait, the rod that never gets changed is a Texas-rigged senko or dinger. But in truth, the reason I have as many rod-reel combinations as I have is so that frequently used bait rigs are always at hand. I fish drop baits more than moving baits, so I typically have two rigs for some frequently used baits. Two with jigs, two with tubes, two Texas rigs, two drop shots, two Ned rigs, etc.

[local16]

Texas rigged 4 inch Gambler tube with 3/16 oz. weight and a 4/0 Shaw grigsby hp tube hook. Black neon chartreuse..on 20 lb. P-line cxx clear fluorescent line.

[crawdadking]

Last few years I always have a 3/8 oz green pumpkin swimjig with matching Menace Grub tied on.

[MI bassassassin]

Yamamoto twin tail hula grub.

[FrancoCialone]

Spinnerbait, single-tail grub, Senko

[rboren]

C-rig never without one. Crank bait rod gets changed from one type or another. Only thing that changes on my C-rig is from brush hog to maybe a lizard. But always have both ready.

[Classicxl]

Also keep a 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 green pumpkin with red flake tube tied on. Fish it with a weedless tube hook, 1/16 to 1/8 oz.

[Whiteboat]

I always have a rod with a Carolina rigged junebug blue tail Trick Worm

[jimsch]

Baby Brush Hog

[FLAbassin]

White war eagle spinnerbait. There’s always an opportunity to throw it.

[Meadows]

Our waters are way too diverse, but I’d have to go with drop shot

[Murph McB]

Yamamoto Stretch 40. #176

[XRD]

I always have a spinnerbait tied on. Usually a half ounce tandem with a small colorado up front and a unnamed blade on the back that hasn't been made in years.