Tipping jigs with minnows???

[TheKingfisher]

Alright guys, this might sound dumb, but remember, I'm still a newbee at this. When searching for tips and techniques on fishing for crappie, I see all these people talking about "tipping there jigs with minnows"? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YA'LL ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!! :p Can someone please help me on this or possibably send me to a site that has a picture?? I keep hearing that this is an excellent way to catch crappie right now if you are slow drifting. Thanks guys....

[browndogmack]

Just put a minnow on your jig the way you would a regular hook.
It will look like a minnow trying to eat a jig.....
This also works good when you are fishing tree tops that have fallen in the water, either on long pole or fishing under a cork.

Goodluck to ya.

[TheKingfisher]

So you hook it through the bottom lip through the top of the head?

[Singlepole]

I hook mine through the eyes. They stay alive longer. Just put the minnow on with the jig. It works good with tube skirts and hair jigs. I also tip my jigs with crappie nibbles or meal worms. When crappie are a little bit picky this will sometimes trigger a hit.

[fish_detective]

TheKingfisher, This is one hot way to catch Crappies when the bite is slow... Good luck.

Fish Detective

[smedley]

I even use just a jig head sometimes with no skirt and hook the minnow from bottom lip thru the head. I especially like to do this with roadrunner heads. I catch my biggest fish doing this when they are biting good...smedley

[CrappiePappy]

So you hook it through the bottom lip through the top of the head?

you want to be careful when putting a minnow on a jig/jighead. Put the hook point thru, under the throat at the V shaped folds of the minnows throat - then bring the hook point up thru between the nostrils. If you bring the hook point up thru the "head" (from between the eyes or farther back), you stand a chance of killing the minnow.
If it doesn't matter if the minnow has complete freedom to wiggle around on the jig/jighead (like when you are casting or trolling with them) ... sometimes I even put the jig's hook point into the minnows mouth and bring it out behind the head. The minnow won't live quite as long, as when hooked thru the throat/nostrils, but they won't get slung off (casting) or knocked off (by gills or other sunfish).

Put the minnow on a weedless jighead, and you can drag it thru the timber without as much fear of hang-ups Use as small & light a jighead as you can get away with ... and you may even pick up a Bluegill or two. Just be a line watcher ... and if/when you see the line jump, suddenly go slack, or start to move off to the side -- lift the rod until you get slight tension & then snap the rod tip upwards !! ........... luck2ya ....... cp