Catch More Crappie With “Trained” minnows:6 Tricks For Hooking A Minnow

How To Teach Your Minnow to Catch Crappie:This amazingly Works!

wouldn’t it be great if you could teach your crappie fishing minnow to catch more fish for you? Well we have figured out some methods that have worked for us over the years and I think you will be amazed at the results! Know don’t try one of these techniques and give up, if one fails to work try another! they all work well in certain crappie fishing situations.

6 Useful minnow rigging techniques that amazingly work!

#1 The Upper & Lower Jaw crappie minnow hooking rick

Run the hook through the upper and lower jaw of the minnow. This will keep the crappie minnow’s lips closed and stop to much flow of water through his gills, “in essence keep him from drowning.” This method is great for trolling, it keeps you minnow alive much longer.

#2 The “Front Dorsal Fin crappie minnow hooking method”

Hook him in the shoulder, right in front of the dorsal fin. GO easy if you hit the bone you will kill the minnow. Rule of thumb slide the hook about a 1/4″ of and inch each push,then see if the crappie fishing minnow is still squirming around, if not start over with a fresh minnow.
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#3 The “rear Dorsal Fin crappie minnow hooking” Trick

Hook the minnow in the back, behind the dorsal fin, and he will swim away and up (heading for “the light”.) This is a great use when you start the minnow deep- so he swims up through a school of crappie-triggering them to chase and attack.

#4 The The “rear Anal Fin crappie minnow hooking trick”

Place your hook right behind the Anal fin about a 1/2″ away about 1/4″ into the flesh. This hooking position will make him swim down and away. Do not use any weights with this method. Place your crappie fishing minnow right on the surface and let him swim down into the crappie school.

#5 The “left - right gill crappie minnow hooking method“

Run your Hook him through the left gill and he will swim left. Do the same on the right side and your crappie fishing minnow will go swim “right”. This trick is great to get your crappie fishing minnow into crappie hiding places, where they wait for prey to come by.

#6 The “right behind the gills crappie minnow hooking method“

Place your hook right behind the gills in the tough flesh area. This will make your Minnow swim in circles! Doing this in a school of crappie will give you multiple chances of getting a bite.