I fish from the bank a lot. fishing parallel works best.
I use weightless texas rigged plastics as much as possible. or a very light weight. a jig or anything else gets hung up about every 3rd cast. lol
plastics..any and all for me. mostly ribbon tail worm, hula-grub, wacky senko, small swimbaits, craws, etc.
I also use;
top water, pop-r(change the hooks), buzzbait, jitterbug, frog, spook
spinnerbait 1/8 to 1/4oz for me. I find smaller is easier to control the depth from the bank
shallow crank 3-5 foot max for me.
for me, following and not biting.
1) change the speed, faster or slower. 2) follow up with a plastic of some sort. 3) change color.
last night I was throwing a motor oil worm and not getting bit. I changed to a red shad and caught 6 within
30 minutes.
good luck