is the forum that shows how to tie minnow rigs, yes I said it.
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is the forum that shows how to tie minnow rigs, yes I said it.
LOL, I can show ya. It's pretty easy
Come on.
Here's what I use.
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Minnerman
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Loop your line thru the egg sinker 5 times to ensure it don't slip. I use a barrel swivel and one piece of line. When I tie it to the swivel, I leave the tag about 8" long.
As for weight, the deeper I fish, the more weight I use. I normally try to use a minner hook or gnat on top and a jig head on bottom, but sometimes I'll put two jig heads on it.
Minnerman
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The reason I use a barrel swivel instead of a three way swivel is because I'm lazy and don't wanna tie but one knot.
I also use a snap swivel on my main line in case I wanna change rigs.
Minnerman
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Thanks Minner. How do ya tie your loop knots?? I tried the tradition knot where you do an overhand, run thru the hook, come back thru the overhand, wrap around the line and back thru the overhand and titen, made me dizzy. Checked it for strenght and then just made my loop, using the two lines made and overhand going thru it three times and titen it up, as good of knot strength if not better and I aint quite as dizzy.
I use a drop loop knot instead of a swivel. I also use a pinch on weight so I can change them out without retieying them in case the wind picks up or I want to fish deeper. One thing I do at times I just slide one hook onto the line, then tie the bottom hook on. I'll use a triple overhang knot to tie the top hook on, then tie single overhand knots from the drop loop to the top hook to make it stand out away from the main line. At times you'll want to have both hooks close to one another if you've found the depth the fish are at. Then at other times, you'll want them 18-24 inches apart to cover more water depths.
I make a loop with the main line and spin it 5 times, pull it tight, then a single overhand knot will lock it. Just cut one end at the knot and you'll have a long tag to tie the other hook on. NEVER had one break at the knot and I've landed some 6-7 pound cats on the hook at Eagle Lake
Only loosers use swivels. And only gewber loosers use 3 ways.
Wannabe...
Dont think he was talkin bout swivels WB.:yikes
I don't use any loops. Imagine you were tyin a swivel on a line. The little piece you normally bite off, make it about 8" and tie a hook on there. You makin this way more difficult than its has to be. I thought you said you were only gonna use cranks?
Minnerman
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Go buy you some c&c rigs and then copy them. Mine are jus like theirs except they use a three way swivel and two pieces of line.
DD, I have used the pinch on split shot, but get tired of em sliding down the line. That's why I use a snap swivel on the main line. I got several different sizes Pre tied.
And WB you're a gewber no matter what ya use.
Minnerman
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Not too good to learn, still gonna use the cranks for sure but with 100 boats on the water this weekend I am headed to waters that arent very freindly for cranks, may not be freindly for double rigs either but that is where I will start. Picked up a pound of minner yesterdaya dn gonna give em a whirl. Not feshing the tourney unless I stumble accross something the next few days that makes me want to. More profittable to sell cords than fish in the tourney anyways.:biggrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Minnerman
I do know this, if you pay retail for the weights and stuff you can put a little change in each rig. We lost more rigs Saturday than I lost cranks all year last year, dont see where pushing minners is any cheaper than pulling cranks, specially ifn you pushing jigs or minner critters or gnats with em.
I have some gnats gonna try them after a while.
You might have 30 cents in a rig with just hooks on it. Maybe 75 if using two jig heads. But you'll learn how to get em unhung with practice. We fished a tourney a couple of years ago where we broke off over 50 rigs, but we had em Pre tied and we caught over a hunnert keeper fish and no tellin how many dinks.
Minnerman
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Another trick I've learned is that I use heavier line on my rigs. That way the upper line don't wrap and get tangled cause it's stiffer.
I got to find somewhere to buy weights them, got more than .30 in the weight.:donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Minnerman
Clays bait n tackle in tupelo has em fer a dime a piece.
Minnerman
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Lakeway is way higher that, Wally World was the cheapest I found em here. Will check it out.
Get G to bring you a sack full. He stays close to tupelo.
Minnerman
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Tried the steel weights and they rust quick and will cut your line . Stay with lead .
Peanut Lure Craft in Memphis has them 5 pounds for 10.00 any size you want. These are bass sinkers.
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Clays in Tupelo is cheaper on sinkers than Wally World....he has a local guy pour them.....he sell them individually or by the pound
Tell me what ya want, style, size, and how many John and I will go get them and bring them to camp for ya.
Thanks G, gonna be over that way next week myself. MIL is having some test run at the sleep center and wifey dont want to drive back by herself.
OK.....Its Clays Bait Shop......Its in East Tupelo on Veterans Blvd.
Thanks G
Take main street east til you get to veterans and hang a right. Tell em I sent ya and he will give ya the good ol boy treatment.
Minnerman
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:biggrin:Rofl BwahahahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Tell him minner sent ya and you might not want the kinda treatment you may get bwahahahahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Minnerman
Rees sometimes we use the rig as Minner showed and sometime we put the weight at the bottom. I can show ya how to do it with the weight at the bottom which is my favorite way to tie em
Jerome Tanks in Philadelphia has the weights cheap also Rees if ya ever down that way.
Shhhhhh!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by GitDaGrease
Minnerman
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I have been scared to tell him that, lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by GitDaGrease
He'll get that sly grin on his face jus before he.....checks you out.
Minnerman
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I tied em on the bottom, havent thought of Jerome Tanks. Will be throught there in a couple of weeks.
As far as the minners I will be fishing waers tomorrow and Friday that are not even close to crank freindly so I got to give em a try. I had most of the stuff I needed and like the way BRM sets his up. Will post a pic in the morning of what I did and yall can straighten me out, hopefully there will be a white perch hanging off the end of it. Also I found a little something down your way that I want to stick some double rig minners in and see what happens, know what happen when ya bounce a crank off it.
Not being a smart arse, but why would you ask, if ya already know how? I guess the better question is, why would I take up valuable gigabytes postin a pic and tryin to help. Maybe I been werkin to hard today and this is just a little fuzzy to me.
Minnerman
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I had an idea But before today I have never tied a loop knot, I tied at some rigs last year but they werent near bout what I thought I needed. We'll see in the morning ifn it works, prolly gonna have more to do with finding feshes than how they are tied anyways. Hope my minners is still alive in the morning, to far to go get em if they aint.
melt down some of those old batteries and give me a call. i got all sizes of egg and bank sinker molds i'll let you use free of charge if you help pour and furnish lead. just trying to help out pm if enterested......