That would depend on where I'm fishing at. From a pier, I almost always use bait, with the exceptions of sabiki rigs for sardines, smelt, and mackerel, and metal jigs for bonito. From shore, I use lures in harbors for Spotted Bay Bass and halibut (but this results in me never catching any Opaleye), while I use sand crabs from the surf and only use lures when I can't find any. On party boats, I use bucktail jigs with bait for deep-water fish, surface irons for pelagics and bass if the bite is wide-open, but fly-lined bait otherwise, and I exclusively use bait for Whitefish. In freshwater, I almost always stick to lures.