Whatever you do don't fall into the fish weren't biting thought. Fish always bite... some will argue that but the fact remains, if your not catching fish your doing something wrong. Fish bite because they are either hungry or aggravated. If they aren't hungry, then you need to aggravate them and entice them into feeding
your on the right track, switch baits, switch colors, vary retrieves, the fish will let you know what they want, also once you start catching bass you 2will build up confidence in what you are using. That might be the biggest contributor to catching fish, always treat every cast as if your were going to get a fish
AMost of my bass are caught on soft plastics, but I know when to switch to something different. here is one from last week