minnow question

[walliceman]

hey guys,

what do you use as a hook for your minnows when they're undera bobber or just in general when fishing for crappies?


-Evan

[firsticerules]

personaly i just use a small tear drop or a basic hook. sometimes i cut the minnow into peices and use that if there picky.

[walliceman]

anyone else wanna help? What size hook?

-Evan

[walleye4]

I use either a teardrop, a jighead, or a #6 Tru-Turn hook.  Depends on what they are wanting that day is what I will go with.  

[trapdaddy21]

i like to use size 16 trebel hooks on my tip-downs or when bobber fishing. i don't miss many with these, but because the hooks are so small they can be hard to tie. they are definitely worth a try!

[BlackIce]

tear drop jigs with a #10 hook.

[bugman-Greg]

I use a #10 bait keeper hook then hook the minnow just behind the dorsal fin. Hook ups seem to stay that way for me.

[Indiana_Lou]

I prefer to use a #10 or some times a #8 fine wire hook. They tend to be a little easier on maggots and wax worms rather than a full size bait hook.

[fishingking]

I use my fav. crappie jig just tipped with a minnow instead of spikes

[reelcharacter]

When it comes to hooking minnows there are as many different opinions as there are fishermen (and they are all right, of course).    

My "rule of thumb" is - through the minnow, and not the thumb . . .

-Reelcharacter