I grew up on Okeechobee and very seldom used minnows, unless we were spider rigging alot of poles. Grass shrimp was the bait of choice for me, with that said I used them mostly for gills. If I used them for crappie I tipped a jig with them. I would use tube jigs tipped with crappie nibbles if I were to go back. If fishing under cork with grass shrimp I would use a #2 or #4 hook.