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Well the only time I use minnows is in the summer and even then I use a larger jig below the minnow and it becomes my weight and bait. I find in summer I will catch most of the larger fish on the jig, but I also think the smaller fish and some larger hitting the minnow will help make the others strike out at the jig.

So I use mostly 1/32 Oz Roadrunner type baits in spring and fall. You can cast and reel very slow or you can troll them with your trolling motor. I have trolled them since about 1979. Lots of people cast and reel the jigs to catch them and some will use a bobber with their jigs at all kinds of depths.

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