The first thing I pull when I'm fishing bass is usually a buzz bait, green or white booyah. I also like the Spro topwater frogs. Great sizes and they are weighted perfectly so you can chuck them out a good distance. If the topwater is slow I'll throw a spinnerbait, I have a lot of terminators because where there are bass, around here, there are also pike and they destroy spinnerbaits that aren't tough. My last go to for bass would have to be a texas rig. Get down into the deeper beds or drop offs and move slow and work for em.
I definitely prefer topwater though. It's just way more fun.