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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: Texas Guide Fishing - Mark Parker] #5090677 07/14/10 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted By: Texas Guide Fishing - Mark Parker
Hook them right up under thier jaw and then come up stright between thier eyes. Right between thier eyes is a hard shot there (just the same for shad). In the lips - they pull off way, Way, WAY to easy.

But right between thier eyes - it's a hard spot there - and hard to pull off.

Fish them just like you would a jig (and as to keeping them alive - forget about that - more Crappie have been caught on a dead minnow than alive) - it looks better and is better than a jig - dead or alive - just make sure it's fresh dead - they love it,

PS: Forget about a minnow on the back of a jig body, You will do better without the jig body - just minnow/shad hooked like we are talking about,

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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: tx_hunter24] #5090907 07/14/10 11:03 PM
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"Life is too short to fish with dead minnows or dance
with ugly women. "

thru the lips.



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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: Mo] #5090961 07/14/10 11:19 PM
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"Life is too short to fish with dead minnows or dance
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+1 but caught a lot of fish on dead ones and beauty is measured by each differently.. Dead is dead but not always bad....stick to jigs..no heartbeat needed!!!!!!!


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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: No Net Needed] #5091007 07/14/10 11:35 PM
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1 - Trolling-Head Hook
2 - Straight Line-Back Dosal Hook
3 - Headless or Stepped on-Weedless style when the bite is slow
Except for #3 method, if it don't wiggle when you pull it up
put on a fresh one.
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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: BigMack] #5091135 07/15/10 12:14 AM
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Im a lip man myself. Keeps the minnow in a natural look going through the water. Works great.



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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: Guide: Cliff_S] #5091203 07/15/10 12:31 AM
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Nobody mentioned through the eyeballs. In one eye and out the other. Stays on better than through the lips if you do a false hook set. Meaning, if you jerk to set the hook but miss the crappie then your minnow will still be there.


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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: rb2] #5091295 07/15/10 12:57 AM
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Game fish will attack a minnow from the front
to avoid getting fins in the roof of their mouths



(That statment will open can of worms)

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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: BobGlen] #5091472 07/15/10 01:59 AM
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Jeff, I do the eye thing too, but thought it might be a little graphic for some.
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BobGlen, even from the front, it don't work out sometimes for them.

Everybody likes to eat crappie.


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Re: Whats the best way to hook a minnow? [Re: shill] #5091889 07/15/10 03:45 AM
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You dont hook them. You buy a bigger hook and ask them to sit on it nicely




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