Shiners or Minnows... What do U call em?/ How do U Hook em?

[Reginald Bonz III]

I have always called them Shiners and always hooked them through the back right under dorsal fin.

How does everyone else do it?

[stripernut]

Depends on what state I am in and what I am fishing for, but if I can what I like to use are Double Ryder hooks in a Quick Strike Rig;



Get a flag, feel the fish, set the hook, land the fish 90% of the time and best of all almost always a lip hook.

[FrozenJig]

I leave it up to the fish but I try many different varieties. Sometimes I hook through the top of the nose, other times I'll stick em through the back and other times through the tail.  Sometimes I only use just the head or just the tail.  All depends on what I'm fishing for and what's working that particular day

[Ice_Fly_Guy]

We don't get shiners too often here in mid Iowa where I am...as far as minnows go, I hook them through the bottom lip and out a nare/nostril when they're on a jig.  On a spoon, I'll probably have them hooked behind the dorsal fin.