Originally Posted by
jszymczyk
People again falling into the trout-centric narrow vision. Take an Adams out on a lake where bass are pushing shad to the surface and see how it does- or out in the salt for bluefish or stripers. For catching all kinds of fish in the most number of circumstances, nothing can beat a pattern suggestive of a baitfish. ALL gamefish eat smaller fish, at least occasionally. Simplest, easiest, and most adaptable style is a properly tied Clouser's Deep Minnow.
Second choice might be a Woolly Bugger in any number of colors and details.
Drop me anywhere in the world with a variety of CDMs and WBs and fish will be caught.