My first choice is shinners for sure then waxies-mousies-spikes and wigglers. If it's cold out I'll get'm go'n on shinners then switch to a perch eye, caught up to 20 perch on one, they stay on the hook reel good. Some guys say that the Gulp Baits work for them also. Gramp's used those golden rod grubs, he was a stickler for gathering his own bait.