Do you hook the Minnow through the lips or up along his back?

[silverside]

On a slipbobber I prefer the tail hook. It creates a struggling effect on the minnow and
predators seem to have a natural instinct to pick out the weak and struggling.

[foxhunter10]

I"f I'm drifting minnows, I hook them threw the eye sockets. If I'm fishing below a bobber I hook them two different ways, behind the dorsal they swim down, in front of the dorsal, they swim up. Either way creates better action.

[crappiepastor]

I also usually hook them through the eyes - they seem to live longer and as Sam Heaton says, "them minnows don't want to see what's comin anyway."

In Canada, fishing for Walleye's we hook them through the mouth and up behind the head.

[thudpucker]

I'm about ready to quit Crappie fishing altogether. I've been out twice since this thread got started.
Fish in the FF but nothing on the hook.
The minnows I hooked up through the gill flaps and out between his eyes did pretty well when I was casting them away from the boat under a water filled float.

The ones I put under a bobber I hooked behind the dorsal fin. It was kinda nerve wracking to see the bobber going around in circles, up and down, way out and be strung out in one direction till the little guy got tired of trying to tow my boat and drifted back.
I fished shallow and deep, on the rocks, under a bridge, up in a cove, over a creek bottom, way up into the creek....
I got one Cat on my Trot line though. Eating him as I type.

[silverside]

It was kinda nerve wracking to see the bobber going around in circles, up and down, way out and be strung out in one direction till the little guy got tired of trying to tow my boat and drifted back.

How big a minnow you using??? Any split shots between minnow and bobber?

[thudpucker]

LOL; "How big...." And just how big is big to a fisherman?
They have two sizes, small and wee!
I had one about an 1 1/2" long when I was watching the bobber. I put that size on the Catfish trot line as well.

No split shots or weight of any kind down at the minnow. He's just about free to go....except for that hook! He was on a 6' leader under a Water filled bobber.

That Water filled bobber is the only way I can cast a Bait casting reel.

It dont matter now anyway. I fed the Minnows to the Chickens. Worms too.

[silverside]

That Water filled bobber is the only way I can cast a Bait casting reel.

A good spinning reel on a 7ft rod is ideal for casting jigs

[skiptomylu]

I also usually hook them through the eyes - they seem to live longer and as Sam Heaton says, "them minnows don't want to see what's comin anyway."

In Canada, fishing for Walleye's we hook them through the mouth and up behind the head.

I also hook them through the eye sockets, but need to be careful and make sure the hook goes through the front part of the socket and not his the dark spot in the head.

I also will hook them under and a little behind the dorsal sometimes.

Lips, I lose too many minnows.

Skip

[shipahoy41]

If I am trolling I will hook through the top lip only or through eye sockets so the minnow can still breath. If casting, I hook through the dorsal fin so the minnow can swim and last longer.

[Hanr3]

I hook them through the lips all the time. More like through the lower jaw, and out through the head.