Bread & butter technique

[Bankbeater]

Crankbaits worked along the bank, jig and craw fished at the edge of vegetation, and lipless baits slow rolled off the bottom. Everything else has been hit or miss. 

[Columbia Craw]

On the Columbia, pre spawn with a mid depth crankbait worked over current breaks. That's the bread.

Home lake, pre spawn pitchin plastics to buck brush and hard targets.  That's the butter.

[soflabasser]

By far my favorite technique to use is topwater, but I will use whatever is needed to catch a big bass. I tend to fish more often on low light conditions such as dawn, dusk, nighttime, cloudy, rainy days, etc.