Couldn’t stand it no more

[Danny Lang]

If only I could find a way to shoot a minnow under a dock. Give those fish something they haven't seen

Man if you could figure that out, I would like to know.

[CrappiePappy]

If only I could find a way to shoot a minnow under a dock. Give those fish something they haven't seen

I'd do it this way :

Run jig hook from under the throat V and out between the nostrils ... if that didn't work, I'd run the hook into the mouth of the minner and out behind the head (& maybe a little to the side of the backbone). Now, in either case the minner isn't going to live all that long, so be sure to have plenty on hand.
I've used both those methods of hooking minners on a jighead before, just for Smallmouth down at Watts Bar in Oct/Nov back in the day and they worked very well & lived for quite a few casts.

I wouldn't even consider using Shiners, as they just seemed to be a bit fragile. But, the Fathead, Creek Chub, or Bluntnose Minnow are fairly stout little critters & should do well.

[Ketchn]

when I mentor beginners in the fine art of KABOOM , I tell them to bring a dozen large lively shiners ....
then I horrify them folks by pinching them right in half and putting a half on a bare jig and using it as a jig body ....
one fella that asked me to teach him how to ketch crappie a good while back ,still does it that way almost 10 years later
cut in half fresh on a jig is the way to go , they don't swim off into the brush ,AND they leave a real nice scent trail with falling scales .
I actually advised 2 fellas this same way last winter on a lake full of crappie that told me they were not biting using whole shiners.....
they went from no Ketchn to KABOOM just like dat !