A long time ago on a cold windy sunny early Spring day at Lake Holbrook we had only managed a couple bass the first half of the day on spinnerbaits but had lots of short strikes. Had a Little George on from earlier deep water failed jigging. Up in the north timber bored and fishing shallow, picked it up, chunked it out and burned it back fast on my trusty 5000-D reel, got one on first cast. We caught about 20 more bass in the next couple hours burning Little Georges in shallow timber - never tried it again.

All we used to throw for white bass years ago. Not used one in a long time but that fishing is about to crank up and I think I will tie one. I am partial to a crankbait though nowadays as i just like feeling the wobble cease and them start pulling. We used to catch 2 on same treble hook on the green little georges.

Little George was named after Alabama governor/presidential candidate George Wallace who was a staunch segregationist..........can't believe they haven't changed the name to something more politically correct.....

I still have some originals that are 45+ years old. They will catch fish of any species and with the correct set up you can cast them a mile.

And the logo lol

Lil George was popular in deep, cold clear lakes years back. I think back in the day Jimmy Houston used um on Tenkiller in Oklahoma.

If I fished one it was when I was a kid chasing sandbass.

yes
great lure

i have a few still from the 80's somewhere... they were a drum magnet, if there were drum in the lake they would find it down there... LOL

I love these kind of post! One lure and all the different opinions. In almost every situation, a given lure in the hands of a fisherman who has taken the time to master it can be awesome! Everyone is looking for the magic lure. The one that catches the big bass or the boat loads of bass. I found the magic in learning how to fish a lure. I have used Little George lures but I found a better option for a tail spinner bait. So I use it but, a tail spinner will flat out catch fish. Just have to learn when and where. Same holds true with most lures. IMO.

When I first got a boat we used to tear the sand bass up on this lure, RC was the best lake for these, we used the humdinger variety.

Lots of better tail spinner options these days. I don’t think a ton of fishermen are actually using a tail spinner these days but I do, a bunch!

I just ordered some L.G.'s off of Ebay. I'm always up for trying something (old) new.

This is an old thread from 2013 that someone brought back to the front.

Unfortunately some earlier comments are from guys no longer with us.

That being said, ... I prefer these brand tail-spinners over Little George brand.

http://www.humdingerlures.com/p/blog-page_9.html

I've caught lots of largemouth and sand bass on these lures.

I have caught alot of spotted bass schooling on them and a bunch of bass that are schooled up lol but I would rather throw something else, but it is much easier for someone new to fishing to use.

It's the time of year you can hammer them on tail spinners if the bait is setup correctly