Wookiee Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Please tell me your ways you hook minnows on jigs and live bait rigs. I was hooking them lightly through the a.p. on live bait rigs and jigs through the skull cap just wondering other possible ways and hopefully get some ideas for when I use minnows again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhguide Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 through the mouth and behind the head. with a jig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paceman Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I always hook them just behind thier lips. While jigging or lindy rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Otter Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Jig = through mouth, out gill, tip over minnow and through the under-side of the head for a short shank and through the under-side of the belly for a long shank.Riggin' = through the very tip of the center of the upper lip or the top side of the back, right in front of the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleKes Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 The rule of thumb that has been around since Granddad's day says if you are searching for fish (trolling, horizontal jigging,etc.) hook them through the mouth. If you are on fish (vertical jigging, using a float, etc.) hook them just in back of the dorsal fin just above the anal fin.Turns out Granddad wasn't as dumb as we always thought he was. People still use this rule and have been for many many years.Tight Lines;Uncle Kes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishing for walleyes Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 When bobber fishing with a plain hook i like to hook them by the tail.I also do this when bottom fishing with a floating jig head.It gives you the same action as when you snag a fish by the tail.Trolling or vertical jigging its through the mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icctolson Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 when trolling jigs i do the in the mouth out the gill into the belly and out the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperybob Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 more than one way to skin a cat - I mean hook a minnow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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