Minnow's

[Bobfisherman]

Curious as to how most put there minnow on a hook?

For presentation and keeping the minnow alive and active?

[bassadict69]

Up through the bottom lip and out the top.

[Joey Clark]

[Tony the Tiger]

Yup

[yakin]

I have tried through the back behind the dorsal fin and through the bottom lip upwards. Both caught fish, but I paralyzed a few minnows when I accidentally clipped their spine. The old timer that taught me to do it through the back said that it let the minnow breathe better. I found out that if you put a minnow in the right spot, hooked either way, he is going to expire from being eaten or beaten to death long before he dies of lack of oxygen.

[shadboy]

Papaw taught me to lip hook them if your pulling the minnow and to back hook them if they're mostly sitting still.

[CrappieDreamer]

A great fisherman showed me that you can run the hook through the lower part of the eye sockets (not thru the eyes themselves). The Minnow stays hooked well and can stay alive for quite a long time.

[lowe175]

I have used all the ways mentioned even though the tail and at times some ways worked better. I remember one time we where night fishing and we had only caught a few. I decided to hook one through the tail and pitched it out and let it fall and bang a big fat girl. Tried it again bang and that's how the rest of the night went. So don't be afraid to try hooking them all different ways you never know.

[CrappiePappy]

Thru the eye socket, behind the eyeballs on a regular hook. Under the "chin" and out between the nostrils on a jighead.

... cp

[shipahoy41]

If trolling up through the bottom lip and out the skull. If slip floating, hook them through the tail so they will struggle or through the back so they will be horizontal. JMHO