Some baits are far better than others most times of year

[INTIMIDATOR]

I have caught fish on a dried minnow on a hook for a previous outing. The minner was petrified. Musta been the smell.

Spoon is right though, there are times when ANYTHING will catch Crappie!

During the pre-spawn and spawn in Our area, all of our so called "professional" fishermen show up to catch their limits on every "miracle" bait possible. You never see them catch fish at any other time, and most never fish again!
After having to listen to the Perfect Baits conversation for hours, I picked up a torn piece of a hook bag, with the paper insert, I put it on my jighead with a crappie Nibblet and without and out fished all the "Miracle" Baits!
Plenty of shocked "Professionals" that day!

It had to be the flutter of the wet paper!

[Cane Pole]

I have caught crappie on yellow kernel corn. I don't blame the crappie from wanting corn for a snack. I kinda like it myself.

I fish year round. I don't put a lot of effort in fishing anymore. I ain't got a lot of effort left.

[Ketchn]

today was the day it didn't matter for me ....I used a black jig and a chart jig and an orange jig and some other things as well ...
they bit them equally in my opinion .....so no bait was better than anything else IMHO ....
bites were every cast on every bait I tossed ....