For me that depends on position of the fish, cover/structure type, and mood of fish.
On or within 3 feet of bottom and active, at least moving around, a Carolina rig, using a Texposed sinking or whacky hooked floating worm or creature.
Mid-depth suspended from about 3 feet off bottom to the surface, using a Slider head, 1/8 oz ball head,or maybe a split shotted sinking worm (salted). For suspended bass I want the bait to stay in the strike zone as long as possible. I might fish it vertically on their nose until they get mad enough to kill it.
A drop shot rig is fine for most suspension depths, from on bottom to a feew feet below the boat, especially when the bite has turned off.
Surface or near surface feeding, using a floating weightless worm or maybe a 1/32-1/16 oz leadhead with floating worm.
I use Texas rigged worms weighted 1/8 oz-1/4 oz on ultralight spinning tackle (6# line, rocks, weedbeds without woody cover) to heavy tackle weighted 3/8-3/4 oz for fishing through or next to shallow weedbeds with woody cover, or wood with no vegetation, but not through a heavy rock field.
In other words, though I love T-rigged worms, I don't tie them on until conditions call for it. If I know I'll be targeting weedlines with wood (stumps, brush) I'll pre-rig a heavy baitcaster with a 3/0 to 5/0 hook, maybe two baitcasters, and rig up the ultralight in case the bite is light, like during a cold front. That UL has saved my bacon many a day, sometimes the only guy bringing in one keeper fish, everyone else scratching.
Jim
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