Minnows- how to rig em?

[Kwan]

Whats you're favourite way of hooking / rigging a minnow?

Edited October 17, 2010 by Kwan

[OhioFisherman]

When fishing them under a bobber or slip bobber, perch rig, spreader always hooked under the dorsal fin.

 

Casting, trolling, on a jig head? through the lips.

[Fishnwire]

When fishing them under a bobber or slip bobber, perch rig, spreader always hooked under the dorsal fin.

 

Casting, trolling, on a jig head? through the lips.

 

 

Bang on.

[fish_fishburn]

If I'm using live minnows on a jig for walleye, I put the hook point throuhg the mouth and out the gill slit. Slide the minnow up the shaft of the hook and put the point through the back at the dorsal fin. This helps keep your bait on better for them light biters that are just grabbing your bait by the tail.

[splashhopper]

When fishing them under a bobber or slip bobber, perch rig, spreader always hooked under the dorsal fin.

 

Casting, trolling, on a jig head? through the lips.

 

Thanks for the tip.

[Muskieman]

If I'm using live minnows on a jig for walleye, I put the hook point throuhg the mouth and out the gill slit. Slide the minnow up the shaft of the hook and put the point through the back at the dorsal fin. This helps keep your bait on better for them light biters that are just grabbing your bait by the tail.

 

 

Yep. Also helps to prevent line twist and minnow theft.

[misfish]

Right through the eye balls.In one,out the other.It does not kill them and they stay hooked better IMO.

[OhioFisherman]

Aberdeen hooks are for panfish, even the bigger ones 4/0 or so, try to hook a minnow under the dorsal fin so it grabs meat but doesn`t contact their back bone, they will live a lot longer on the hook.

[limeyangler]

If I'm using live minnows on a jig for walleye, I put the hook point throuhg the mouth and out the gill slit. Slide the minnow up the shaft of the hook and put the point through the back at the dorsal fin. This helps keep your bait on better for them light biters that are just grabbing your bait by the tail.

 

 

[Kwan]

Right through the eye balls.In one,out the other.It does not kill them and they stay hooked better IMO.

 

I bet the blind perch does work better LOL. That is so mean to the baitfish, though.

[Kwan]

sorry i meant blind minnow haha! no i'm not using my perch for bait LOL

[wallyboss]

on a jig thru the eyes.

 

For under a tipup or tipdown. I put it on the side, ahead of the Dorsal fin just under the skin with the hookpoint coming out just behind the gills, on a circle hook and they hook themselves.