What you see below is the distillation of recommendations after watching 1000's of hours of YouTube videos. By putting the "by month" recommendations of each angler into a table format we can compare them against each other and get a consensus opinion.

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Note: These are not all the possible baits, these are the baits that are most recommended in that month. If you want to see the full list check out the Details grid.

Type	Spinner Bait	Vibrating Jig	Jerk Bait	Deep Diving	Lipless	Flat Sided	Fluke	Swim Bait	Worm	Creature	Ned Rig	Dropshot	Flipping Jig	Finesse Jig	Swim Jig	Hollow Frog	Buzz Bait	Walking Bait	Popper	Alabama Rig
October			X				X	X										X
November			X					X					X					X		X
December						X		X			X			X						X
January			X			X		X			X									X
February	X		X		X			X						X
March	X	X	X		X								X
April	X							X	X						X			X
May			X					X	X							X		X
June				X				X	X									X
July				X					X	X		X				X
August				X			X		X	X		X				X	X	X
September		X	X					X											X

Note: Virtually every angler on YouTube gives the caveat that if you live in the northern states you should be trying the current month and the month before (eg. if it is currently March use February and March). If you live in the southern states you should be trying the current month and the month after (eg. if it is currently March use March and April).