Bass Lure Colors Named For the Big G
Guntersville is one of the all-time greatest US bass tournament lakes, a fishery that continues to pump out giant fish and giant limits despite intense publicity and boat ramps that seemed to be packed even on random Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The Elite Series will start their schedule there this week. It’s a non-FFS tournament, so we can expect to see lots of power fishing, or at least more than we have in recent years. We might also see a few of the following lure colors, named specifically for the jewel of the Tennessee River:
Dirty Jigs, based one state over in Thomasville, Georgia, has lots of Alabama pros on their staff, at least several of whom likely directed color development. Accordingly, they produce lures like the No-Jack Swim Jig, Finesse Swim Jig, California Swim Jig and regular Swim Jig in Guntersville Shad.
The Dirty Jigs Compact Double Willow Spinnerbait and California Swim Jig also come in Sexy Guntersville Shad.
Fellow Georgia company Greenfish Tackle also has multiple swim jigs in their version of Guntersville Shad: Shin's Chibi Swim Jig and their standard Swim Jig.
Livingston, which sponsors 2014 Bassmaster Classic champion Randy Howell, a long-term Guntersville transplant, makes several of their crankbaits in Guntersville Craw. Check out the Diablo, the Howeller Dream Master, the Howeller Dream Master Classic Jr., the Howeller Dream Master Classic SQ, the Primetyme CB 2.0, the Primetyme SQ 2.0 and the Pro Ripper Lipless Crankbait.
They’re not the only ones who’ve adopted the Guntersville name for signature colors. Here are a handful more:
Guntersville Special
Guntersville Shad
Guntersville Craw 2.0
Guntersville Craw
And in a semi-sneaky marketing move, several manufacturers have names colors after Seibold Creek, one of the most fertile sections of the lake.
BassMooch has a number of crankbaits in “Seibold Summer.”
Riot Baits has crankbaits, a spinnerbait and a vibrating jig in “Seibold Shad” and “Seibold Red.”
They won’t just work in North Alabama. Buy a few, test ‘em out on your home waters, and let us know which ones work best.
