It sure would be great if you could teach your crappie fishing minnow to catch more fish for you wouldn’t it? 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! Now 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 crappie fishing minnow rigging techniques that amazingly work!
#1 The “Upper & Lower method”
Place your hook at the lower jaw of the crappie fishing minnow and push up through the upper jaw, make sure the barb clears the upper jaw. Run the hook through the upper and lower jaw of the minnow. This will keep the crappie minnows lips closed and reduce the flow of water through his gills drastically, “in essence keep him from drowning.” This method is great for trolling for crappie, it keeps your minnow alive much longer.
#2 The “Front Dorsal Fin method”
Hook the crappie minnow 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.
#3 The “rear Dorsal Fin method”
Hook the minnow in the back, behind the dorsal fin, and he will swim away and up (heading for “the light”.) This trip is great when you fish deep, for suspended crappie. The minnow will swim up though the school and drive them crazy! If you can find the crappie schools you will catch crappie with this method.
#4 The “rear Anal Fin method”
Place your hook the crappie minnow 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 minnow right on the surface and let him swim down into the crappie school.
#5 The “left – right gill method”
Run your Hook him through the left gill of the minnow 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 minnow into crappie hiding places, where they wait for prey to come by.
#6 The “right behind the gills method”
Place your hook right behind the gills in the tough flesh area. This will make your crappie minnow swim in circles! Doing this in a school of crappie will give you multiple chances of getting a bite.
