i'm not picky. rubber cocahoes are the standard round here. i mostly fish live baits but when pickens are slim i switch to lures so i can cover more water and find fish quicker. also use them to avoid terd hustlers. my method for choosing a lure is a lot like cheating. i go to academy and walmart and look at the lures. whatever they are sold out of or have the least of must be what peeps been catching them on. i go with that. i must admit, i have become pretty fond of berkley gulps. since the storm it been hard to come across live bait. lots of debris in the water. the gulps seem to work perty good.