well i've had some luck on crankbaits... just found the channel next to the bank and fish it parallel... just a steady retrieve. also, this time of year, it is really hard to catch fish (at least here in NC)... esp. when you're fishing really aggressively... they don't want something aggressive. they want something slow, like a slow running spinnerbait, or texas rig, anything that requires a little finnese... when bass start to get sluggish this time of year, you want to downsize everything... downsize the weight and the size lure... this time of year is especially good to use a centipede or a french fry worm from zoom on a carolina-rig. even though it's been in the hundreds here every day for the past 3 weeks, the fish are still in 5-10 feet of water on lay-downs... where you would think they would be at night...