Minnow Hooks

[derek dutton]

Do any of yall feel that there is or isn't an advantage to hooking a minnow thru the lips using a bare jig head on a loop knot or using a standard hook and split shot when slip cooking for crappie?

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[DockShootinJack]

I always hook through the lips using a bare hook. I adjusted the split shot up or down to give the minnow more or less freedom to swim. If the fish wanted an active bait I made sure the weight gave the minnow room to dart around

[Techno2000]

Do any of yall feel that there is or isn't an advantage to hooking a minnow thru the lips using a bare jig head on a loop knot or using a standard hook and split shot when slip cooking for crappie?

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You could always use a loop knot on a plain hook,that would give the minnow more movement.

[CrappiePappy]

With a jig I hook them from under the V of the throat and the hook exits between the nostrils. On a plain hook I hook them behind the eyeballs, making sure not to puncture their eyes.

When slip corking I pretty much always use a #2 Aberdeen hook & a #5 split-shot sinker.

If we're literally talking "lip hooked" (ie: hooked thru the minnow's "lips") ... my experiences tell me that a "bream" will knock that minnow off the hook with only the slightest of pecks. They're bad enough about pecking one to death, when hooked otherwise, if they can't/don't get it off the hook in the first place.

[Kevin22]

Do any of yall feel that there is or isn't an advantage to hooking a minnow thru the lips using a bare jig head on a loop knot or using a standard hook and split shot when slip cooking for crappie?

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When the fish are a big negative, a jig head works great to keep the minnow in the strike zone. When they are active, its hard for a crappie to resist a minner going wild on a bare hook under a split shot.

Another one is fishing in structure, less movement with the jig so less chance of the minner wrapping itself around a branch.

Through the lips for both for me too, chin right up through the nostrils .