When it is calm and sunny all fish are on high - alert. They can see and be seen very easily. (think skittish) In these conditions I will not throw spinnerbaits, cranks, or any noisey, flashy baits. Usually soft plastics rigged one way or another. Wave action breaks up the sunlight, which (to me) means they are not as easily seen, and can be a little more active. Add clouds to wind, and I am throwing a spinnerbait (shallow), or crank. My favorite kind of fishing...finding a stretch of shoreline and / or weedline that the wind blows me across. Chuckin' and winding.