Quote Originally Posted by bassnomo View Post
A question for all you seasoned crappie veterans:

When trolling with minnows, do you let the dead ones stay or replace with live ones?
Will a crappie bite the dead one trolling as well as a live one?

How do you hook them trolling?
On ajig I hook
Minnow only: though the back, but not throught the spine?

On a jig - under the mouth and out the top of the head?


Thanks in advance from the reforming basser'
Basser.....When I spider rig slow I want my minners alive and perky, if I'm trolling fast I don't care if they are dead, I of course would like them alive but it's not necessary.
I generally hook them through the lips and they will live longer. On a jig I hook em' though the lips also.
Good Luck.....................crappie cowboy