Tail spinners on Lake Fork

Sand bass is what I use them for.

A 1oz george will catch Largemouth. My wife Nancy's PB 8.6 came on it.

Sounds like I've been neglecting a good bait in my tackle box

Wasn't it a bait somebody credited to help somebody wi the classic maybe some 30 years ago.

If Tom Mann was still alive he'd tell you different about folks saying they won't catch bass.

Yep correct, Tom invented it to fish lake eufala in the 60's....to catch deep fish. It always has been a good bass bait , but forgotten a bit until the more recent run of tail spinners. I know of several of the old guys that fish them. And if you can get your hands on a "super George" you've got yourself a clear deep water catcher for sure. Letting a little cat out on this one......

Still a great bait. Yes there are better tail spinners on the market now. However, the George is still a fish catcher. Change the stock hook out, though.

I've personally caught over 1000 fish on the standard sized Little George and a couple locally made knock offs.

Fishing in the winter on hot water lakes is where I've had most luck with it. Find a point where the bait fish are moving. Cast out and work it near the bottom. Cast and retrieve sometimes and sweep the rod and let it fall back down on others.

At Lake Arlington back in the 70's I know I had several 50 fish days using this bait. One bad winter day when the power plants were going full force my neighbor came off the lake with a freezer full of bass and sandies. The largest bass he caught that day was over 7 pounds and he said he caught them all day long. He was wading.

its a great bait. suspended fish, fish hanging on the bottom, just above the bottom, etc. anywhere but at the surface.

little george's are still a great fishing tool. i noticed one comment that thought george's can not be fished on top, but that is not true. a buddy of mine just wore them out bulging a george like a spinner bait. there is not really anyway to fish one wrong. i have encountered many times over the years, when bass would not hit a spoon, but would eat a george.

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Wallmart has 1oz George

You won't find a super George at Walmart. Maybe ebay if your lucky

Doc

Good Morning. I’m stuck inside in the middle of this thunderstorm in Fl on 11-30-22. I found this thread Googling Little George. I bought my first one yesterday. I’ve been fishing my whole life but the truth is I wasn’t as good of a fisherman as I thought I was for a long time. I was guilty of believing more hype and marketing than I did what worked. The Little George I bought had been in my local tackle shop for 20 years probably until I grabbed it yesterday .

The stories about these lures catching bass in the winter are true. While I’ve never used one, I’ve always used similar lures to have the most success in the winter. It was always a light spinnerbait or a countdown type crankbait slow on the bottom.

So what do I really know about fishing a lure I’ve never fished right...well here’s a story you might not believe. I’m in Fl where there’s alot of Redfishing. I’ve seen Redfish swallow inline spinners whole and I’ve also seen them bite and destroy the blades on normal spinnerbaits, and not even get hooked because they didn’t bite the hook. I even seen a Redfish blow up an Altoids can that somebody left in the water once. I swear to gosh.

So I think I don’t even need to explain my point or my plan lol! I really think a Little George will load a boat. Where we Redfish has alot of bass also. I was also going to modify a Little George. I was going to put a swivel and another blade so you had both kinds of blade rotation. I don’t know if bass will fool with it because I’ve never seen them bite anything but the hook whether it was a giant spinnerbait or a beetlespin but the Redfish should based on what I’ve seen.

I fish it on all those and fish it all different kinds of ways. Just get it in front of the fish and they will eat it