I'll try my best and go into details, Please do bare with me.
When getting into bass fishing you need to understand their environment.
Some lures work better than others depending on the conditions.
On a lake, a good starting point is to pick your spot with building structures,high grass/fallen trees/under trees/near the bank/docks you get the point.
After this, look for fish/see what the water conditions if they are muddy or clear.
After that pick a spot understand what you can or cannot use for that spot lure wise.
In a high weed spot you wouldn't want to use spinners/spoons/skirted jig with spinner blade, Instead you'd use a frog or a texas rig senko as these are both weedless and more offer or not you'll get a strike from bass.
I can't tell you how often i'll rig a weedless senko and pull it in some grass and get a tug from a bass.
In a clear and open spot most lure works, It's just a matter of finding what they want and where they are at.
In a spot like this, I'll use a top water and twitch it and pause,weightless senko wacky or texas both work great or a crank bait seem to work pretty great.
Hopefully this helps.
