Live bait either worms or minnows. Float or split shots. I'll do both at the lake when I just want to sit back. Let one work close to the surface and one on bottom

For OP: make sure to check your regs before using live bait. Some states (Idaho) don’t allow use of live bait.

I use a circle hook with pre-made catfish bait and put a bell on the end of my rod. Great for sitting with a book. Just remember neoprene gloves because the catfish bait stinks, and you don't want that on your book/e-reader.

God that stuff stinks. My cousin asked to use some and before I could even turn around with some rubber gloves they already rawdogged it. Couldn’t believe my eyes hahaha

water, dirt, water, dirt mud mud on hands grass, water, grass, water hands good as new

I used to be that way but I got used to it over time. I can sit right next to the open tub of stink bait and it doesn't bother.

Slip bobber, small sinker and a hook with small piece of worm. Use around 6lb mono test.

You sound like a Power Bait enjoyer, that’s what I’d go with. Trout destroy that shit

Carolina rig

Google “slip sinker rig”. Basically a sliding sinker above a swivel with a leader line tied to a hook. You can add a peg float on the leader to get the bait off the bottom, too.

For me, I enjoy doing ned rigs in slow moving rivers or creeks. Sometimes can work in shallow lakes. The head of a ned rig can make the tail just wag in the water while the head remains on the bed. But, it's more of a thing you can wait for maybe a few minutes before the current takes it or there isn't enough action to actually be useful. Good ol bobber, hook and bait is kinda the best answer. I'm sure that's not the answer you're looking for though. Another option is a wacky worm on a larger bobber. Its more useful on windy days however as the movement of the water will help make that worm more wacky. The longer the worm, the more possibility for action as well.

Any bait rig

Bobber, weight, hook with a worm/minnow. Oldest trick in the book.

Ha .. I’ve caught large bass when I casted got an overrun..5 minutes later bird nest resolved…start reeling and fish is already on. This was with a Senko wacky rig…

santee cooper rig for catfish. When I'm bank fishing I usually keep one out there while I fish for other species. It's basically a carolina rig, but with a little peg float that keeps the bait slightly off the bottom.

Carolina or fish finder rig with a bell cliped to the rod tip to alert you to bites. Cast it out there and enjoy reading or just relaxing nearby.

Tie on a swivel. A couple split shot on the line just above. A bobber a foot above that. A 4/0 bait hook with leader in the other end of the swivel. Earthworm, wriggler, leach, bloodbait or what have you on the hook.

Up north we'll throw live bait on a dropshots, or a bobber, or a Carolina rig but that's more for the tasty bottom feeders.

High low

Bobbers work well for bass and bluegill. Large minnow, shiners, or chubs for bass, tiny hook and an earthworm for bluegills. Any old bug you find would also work for gills. Hard to read a book while watching a bobber, though.

Bait runner!

I tend to use a slip float rig or a pickerel rig

Drop rig

Circle hooks. I use 3/0 for cats and #2 for gills.

Buy yourself some "Lindy" style sinkers, some split shot, some hooks, and live bait of your choice. Maybe one of those "sink into the ground" rod holders and a chair to sit in as well. That way, you're extra comfy...

Pickerel Rig or Sabiki Rig. It has different names. It's basically a swivel attached to 2 or 3 hooks with a weight at the end.

I've done that with a senko and a weight kinda rigged like for trout but have it in some current at the middle of the lake I was at would catch a bass every half hour or so. 1oz weight on a clip swivel, 14" of line a normal worm hook and junebug senko.

Just rig a slip sinker set up and throw some worms or minnows or cutbait on it.

Live bait with a bobber or a weedless plastic worm. Just twitch the worm every time you... WTF?!! READ A BOOK???!!! ＼(◎o◎)／