Maybe this will help shed some light.

There have been 19 largemouths weighing 13 pounds or more caught in varying bodies of water across Texas during the ongoing 2010-11 Toyota ShareLunker season that runs through April 30, and there were 33 entered in the 2009-10 campaign.

There have been a number of anglers who didn’t wish to disclose what type of bait they were chunking…. But the ones who did reveal some interesting trends when it comes to what big bass will inhale.

The top overall bait is the ubiquitous worm and similar Senko, which has been responsible for eight entries in the past two seasons.

The second-most appealing lure for ShareLunkers the past two years is the jig.

The No. 3 bait is a tie with six between the…lizard and the tried and true crankbait.

The next most-utilized bait for ShareLunkers might surprise you, but it really shouldn’t, especially considering it’s a staple of the hefty largemouth’s diet. A live sunfish…all [three entries] from O.H. Ivie Reservoir. Another live offering, the waterdog, which is the larval form of the tiger salamander, is responsible for another ShareLunker entry.

Many largemouth anglers prefer [fishing] artificials, but considering the 18.18-pound state record was caught by a crappie angler dipping minnows, maybe it’s not a bad idea to fish with some of the real thing every once in a while.

The swimbait and brush hog were used to each produce a pair of ShareLunkers.

Surprisingly, the spinnerbait has only been acknowledged to have produced a single lunker entry the past two seasons.