1/4 ounce jig with a firecracker 5″ grub. I would never starve if I were on a lake with an unlimited supply of that combo (and a good rod and reel to make it work).
Does a 1/8 oz bullet weight with 6′ of 6lb low vis green mono and #8 size plain black hook count as a lure?? Tipped with a shiner of course. If so, that’s a no doubter.
If not, I’ll take a #5 blue rap wiggling over a shallow sand flat in July.
If I could get them a Tiny Tad in crawfish pattern, they were made by Heddon about 25 years ago, but they don’t make them anymore, they absolutely kill the smallmouths and alot of other fish too. My second choice is a 2″ rapala in rainbow trout pattern, a good one for around here and on the Miss.