How Do YOU Hook Your Minnows ??

[azslabber]

I had a heated debate on hooking minnows with my brother in law last weekend.He says through the eyes,I say through the lips.Both seem to work great here in Arizona.But since I started catching my own shad with a cast net,seems the lips are best for them.What do you do.

[G-3 Fisherman]

If I am fishing a minnow under a bobber on a hook....I hook them under the dorsal fin. If I am fishing a minnow on a jig...then I hook through the lips.

[REDBOAT]

tightlineing minnows only = through the tail
anything else I hook though the lips/eyes

[IBNFSHN]

If you are trolling they will live longer if you hook them thru the lips from the bottom up.

[dedawg1149]

if you will do a search this has been debated several times .it depends on what way i am fishing, i will hook them all kind of ways it just depends on what they want

[BigKyd]

I seem to have a lot of minnows stolen by the fish when I hook through the lips, what am I doing wrong?

[dedawg1149]

Originally Posted by BigKyd

I seem to have a lot of minnows stolen by the fish when I hook through the lips, what am I doing wrong?

you need to watch you bobber better or correctly weight your bobber so you can see the lightest bites do a search for bobbers they are a lot of information on the correct way to weight a bobber

[dgi]

i have noticed that when fishing minnows under a bobber & hooking under the dorsil fin i seem to catch more bass than crappie. thru the lips is getting me more crappie

dgi

[OsoFishy]

I hook my minners threw the lips

[Blackhawk19]

Always thru the lips from bottom to top