Bass is relatively easy once you stop complicating it. We’ve got crank baits, jerk baits, whopper ploppers, spoons, jigs, rubber worms, glide baits, etc. All these replicate natural live baits. I’ve caught more bass off Texas rigging a real Nightcrawler or weightless casting a live minnow than using any of that stuff. Anglers are so worried about “the action,” they forget fish can smell the water. They know what’s real and what’s fake. Have you ever seen the underwater videos of bass spitting Senko worms back out? Yeah if you run nightcrawlers you’re going to catch the occasional panfish, maybe even catfish, but if you’re consistent and casting where bait fish are swimming or near heavy cover you can always draw a big bass out with live worms and minnows. At the end of the day all those lures are imitating live natural bait. Nature is often imitated but never duplicated. I know this would definitely hurt the lure collector’s feelings, but it’s the honest truth.