For fishing what could you catch more fish with powerbait, leeches, worms?

You can never beat live bait. Thats a fact. For panfish and bullhead you should use nightcrawlers. I always use leeches on a spinner rig for walleyes. If you want to catch little pike you can use nightcrawlers. Otherwise use powerbait worms or jerkbaits hooked on a jighead. For muskie you will have a better chance with larger lures but powerbait would work too. This should put fish in the boat. Good luck!!