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I've broke down and given in to the minnow temptation. I used to use them religiously but haven't for a decade. I always hooked them thru both eyes but now I'm going to be using some of the Arkie teaser gnats and it seems they will work better with the hook upright.
Looking for some input on how you hook them and why you think there is an advantage to your way.
I go through lips until they keep getting robbed then I'll go through the eyes.
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Lips, when tipping. Sometimes tail when fishing on a plain hook.
Eyes when fishing them alone, lips on a jig.
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I put the hook in the eyeball socket, but "behind" the eyeballs, not "through" the eyes themselves. I think it makes it harder for the "little bait stealers" to knock the minner off the hook.
When using a jig, I run the hook from under the "chin" (the V shaped folds of the lower jaw) and bring it out between the nostril holes. Again, it makes it harder for the minner to get knocked/yanked off the hook.
And in both cases ... the minner swims freely/naturally, and stays alive for a long time.
Now, I will say this : my late fishing buddy used to fish a minner on a jighead, and after seeing me hook my minner behind the eyeballs (with a plain hook) he decided to do it that way on his jighead. And he caught fish with it hooked up that way, even though the minner was basically forced to swim sideways. Not sure if the fish just didn't care, or if the minner was more "active" (due to constantly trying to right itself) :scratchhead But, also of note : his minners did seem to die faster than mine ... but, I'm not sure if they died from overexertion or his hooking method :dono
I lip hook them most of the time. If I don't have my cheaters on and having trouble seeing I will go through the eyes
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If just using a gold aberdeen hook I go through the eyes, If im using a jig and tipping I go through the lips, and using sickle hooks like the gnats I go through the lips. But who know I could be doing it all wrong haha
i don't use minnows but I know folks that do and on plain hooks a tail hooked one is hard to beat
Check out Walleye rigging minners. They stays on the hook real good. Thru mouth, out gill, into head. Check how to videos.
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Upright through the lips unless below a float, then I'll hook behind dorsal fin.
Most of the places I fish has an underwater guy that trades minnows for crappies regardless of how they're hooked........ and he really likes minnows!
Good how-tos. I use them all. Thru the eyes good for casting or vertical rigging. Thru mouth out gill is good for trolling. Thru eye out mouth is good for trolling. Dead minners work just as good as live minners when trolling. I go thru mouth and out back of head with short shank hooks like the big bit jigheads. Fish don't know if the minner is dead if it is moving and they don't care if they's hungry.
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I donnt like lip hooking. That is easy stealing for bream and yellow stripe bass. They's pick it off with one peck. Set the hook on the peck, nothin' there, bait gone. Put some meat around the hooks to beat the crooks.
I always hook mine through the lips unless I am vertical fishing with them then I hook them through the back just up from the tail where they can swim around and around until they aggravate a fish into biting them.
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Originally Posted by Thunderingjoe
Dead minners work just as good as live minners when trolling. I go thru mouth and out back of head with short shank hooks like the big bit jigheads. Fish don't know if the minner is dead if it is moving and they don't care if they's hungry.
I have always thought this, Cane, but it seems that everybody is convinced that minners must be healthy and lively down here in Mississippi. I wonder? Any other comments on fishing with dead or almost dead minners?
I hook them thru the eyes.
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Bunk on the lively minner. If the dead minners didn't work, they wouldn't sell them preserved minners in Wal Mart. Me and Billbob fish with the dead ones. They easy to catch in the minner bucket and easy to put on a hook. Since they are dead, I usually let Billbob catch the minners and hand me one. The work just fine dead. I hook them thru the mouth and out the back of the head when they dead. Heck, I do this with live ones too. They stays on good hooked this way. Don't let anybody bs you about dead minners. I've been at it for over 70 years now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannafish
I don't use nibbles either. They too messy. I just bite off a piece of grub about the size of a nibble and stick it on the end of the hook (just like a nibble) after I put the minner on and it don't stink and I don't git nibble nose. The grub bite also keeps the minner on the hook real good. Old school stuff here.
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I like to have all those little glitter flakes all over my face, hands and arms. Chaunc is a party-pooper. He won't use any but the plain white nibbles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
Eyes first. Then if I still have the minnow dead or alive after the catch I'll re hook it under the dorsal fin and put him back like he's swimming I'll catch usually two or three on one minnow. Was always taught to never waste