Hooking Minnows?

[armyman]

I just read an article on MS Sportsman web where a minnow hooked upside down on a jig is more active and appears to be wounded to entice crappie to bite. It wiggles to try and upright itself.
I'm going to try that. Anybody out there hook 'em like that? If so, I'm interested to hear!

[kickingback]

I hook mine in the dorsal fin or the lip parallel to the earth. If I want the minnows to swim erratically i use a small pair of scissors and snip the upper tail fin and leave the bottom tail fin alone. This causes them to swim in circles like a wounded fish.
I am interested to know myself about the results of your question!

[Gabepeeps]

It does make sense. Will definitely try it out.

[scrat]

Looks like another trick to add to the old fishing arsenal. Maybe a trick for when they just don't won't to bite(like in the winter). But I hook my minnows in the lip when moving and in the dorsal fin when setting still to keep them active and a live longer. I have pinched off part of a bigger minnows tail to slow him down before also. Good post thanks for sharing.

[CrappiePappy]

My late fishing buddy used to hook minnows thru the eye sockets on a JIG !! He caught fish right along with me & my "nose hooked" minnow on a jig .... so I'd say it would work.

... cp

[lowe175]

I don't use minnows now days but used to hook them all kinds of ways sometimes it would make a difference. I remember one night we were fishing under a very popular bridge and we were catching crappie slowly and I started hooking minnows through the tail and letting them fall on a semi slack line and started killing them. There were 6 other boats under that bridge all them started doing the same thing with the same results.

[Cane Pole]

Hook em thru the eyes. Bite off a piece of gummy worm and stick it on the hook point to keep the minnow from getting off the hook when the eyeball fall out. Tastes lots better than crappie nibbles. Minners last a long time hooked thru the eyes.

[NIMROD]

Years ago when I used minnows , we hooked them through the lips or eyes . Trolled them and thought they looked more natural. Never heard of hooking upside down. That might make them wiggle more trying to right them selves.

[bowhunter63]

I hook em threw the eyes,They stay lively and plus there not going to like to see what is going to happen to em.

[jeff1979]

I usually hook them just behind the dorsal fin when fishing them alone. Through the lips when on a jig