I would concur with Brian's thinking ... or should I say Brian concurs with my thinking ;-) Just giving ya bad time bud.
The green sardine is tough to beat, I like it in 4, 5, and 5.5 inch. I don't like the 4" big hammers that much but the 5" are excellent. I also like the 5" cardiff plastics but the guy seems to have gone out of business or something and I can't get any more. They had a really good rainbow trout color but I'm out. Bummer...
When it comes to trout imitating swimbaits, I like the looks of the new castaics but I haven't used them much yet. Basstrix are good in the bigger sizes but the lighter 6" trout ones seem to roll on their sides for lack of weight. I have yet to find the "money" trout swimbait but the quest continues..