Quote Originally Posted by DockShootinJack View Post
I have found that they liked minnows that were lively and healthy better than half dead ones
I always thought that myself until I watched some of the minnow fisherman on the docks at Joe Pool tear the heads from the minnows before they hooked them on the jig to fish them. They out caught those who fished live minnows most of the time there.

Of course it could because they were bloody while the live minnows were not. Since I'm too lazy to fish minnows and rely on jigs I can't say for sure why but I can say the dead minnows worked better than the live ones there.