I really like the vibrant brown and green combos seen in what many bait makers label “bluegill” or “ghost baby gill.”

 

I still use green pumpkin for neds/tubes and other soft plastics but with more elaborate moving presentations like chatters and cranks I find the gill patterns more natural craw imitations as craws typically have a similar combination of colors.

 

 

Dang, was really hoping this would generate more discussion 

I would say it depends on the head and skirt colors offered by the jig maker (I don't pay as much attention to the names). Colors such as Bama Craw (Junebug / Green Pumpkin) , Blue Craw , and a Green Pumpkin / Orange can work successfully for both imitating crawfish as well as bluegill . Also using a Green Pumpkin color jig and then altering the soft plastic trailer colors with Green Pumpkin , Orange , Brown , Blue , etc. can be effective to get you where you need to be . Choosing a dedicated Bream / Bluegill color jig is going to be more limiting as you definitely favor more of the Bluegill coloration and not a Crawfish with the Green Pumpkin / Blue / Orange / Yellow colors . Lastly , starting with a Green Pumpkin color variations in jigs as I shared above offers the most flexibility . 

12 hours ago, ChrisD46 said:

I would say it depends on the head and skirt colors offered by the jig maker (I don't pay as much attention to the names). Colors such as Bama Craw (Junebug / Green Pumpkin) , Blue Craw , and a Green Pumpkin / Orange can work successfully for both imitating crawfish as well as bluegill . Also using a Green Pumpkin color jig and then altering the soft plastic trailer colors with Green Pumpkin , Orange , Brown , Blue , etc. can be effective to get you where you need to be . Choosing a dedicated Bream / Bluegill color jig is going to be more limiting as you definitely favor more of the Bluegill coloration and not a Crawfish with the Green Pumpkin / Blue / Orange / Yellow colors . Lastly , starting with a Green Pumpkin color variations in jigs as I shared above offers the most flexibility . 

Yeah I just thought the pumpkin jackhammer looked off 

 

this is just one picture of the possibilities. I’d say the profile of the jig/trailer and the rate of fall are a lot more important. 

Having spent a decent amount of time looking at photos of crawfish, I am partial to the colors Green Pumpkin Blue, Green Pumpkin Red, and Falcon Lake Craw when imitating crawfish. It always helps to know exactly what crawfish look like in your body of water

Like those above said, depending on where you are green pumpkin can be the complete opposite color to use, im not sure what the crawfish in my local lakes are so i use greens, browns, oranges and reds. But for the river i found out awhile ago they are blue.

Colors for bass are an interesting thing, you dont have to be exact, fish a trout swimbait in a lake with no trout and they will still eat it.