When I go out fishing, I start with a 3' gulp minnow on a small weedless jig. Or if i'm feeling the snunk, this is my go to bait. It's the ultimate Snunk buster cause it's small enough for dinks under a 1lb (ive caught plenty of ambitious panfish too like bluegills and pumpkin seeds ) and it's still a decent size bait to land any other size fish. Many 2-3lb LMB and SMB have been taken too. I prefer the black top with pearl bottom. If this color isn't working, I switch to green top and white bottom. Sometimes it's a matter of switching the color for the day. We fished Echo one morning and not a single bite for hours. Even with my trusty black/white minnow. I simple switched up the color to Green and white (same minnow) and BOOM, the fish started to bite and we landed 10+ LMB and LMB. My cousin followed my example and switched to a green Gulp worm with white belly. BOOM! 3lb SMB.
It's a matter of finding out what they want at that particular time.
