A non member friend asked about a problem he’s having. My answer was Super Glue…but it wasn’t what he was looking for.
Any help?
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i can’t seem to hook these damn shinners I’m buying without them falling off.
When i have them sitting in the water they work themselves free.
Any tips on where to hook them for both slip knot rigging and lindy rig cast and let sit?
Under the chin and up thru the skull.
VMC makes some live bait hooks that have double barbs and I’ve found retain the minnow much better. Haven’t noticed a decreased hookup % BC of the barbs yet which I was concerned about, maybe worth a shot.
The H2O jigs seem to work well on them. Hook down the throat and out the side of the back. This lets you slide the minnow up the hook enough to put the metal bait keeper through the lip. Think Granrud had a photo of this a few years back.
If he doesn’t want to buy all new hooks, some have used a small #5 bead-sized piece of plastic worm or tube after the shiner is hooked in the manner that he hooks it. Additional benefit is as an attractor or target for the fish.
Thanks gentlemen. 
Sounds like he is still fishing. Some of these suggestions seem like they would kill the shiner of impeded their movement?
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If he doesn’t want to buy all new hooks, some have used a small #5 bead-sized piece of plastic worm or tube after the shiner is hooked in the manner that he hooks it. Additional benefit is as an attractor or target for the fish.
This has worked well for me in the past too.
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Sounds like he is still fishing. Some of these suggestions seem like they would kill the shiner of impeded their movement?
You would think the down the mouth and out the back would kill them pretty quick but it done right they keep moving pretty well.
Granrudes version of this might of been hook point in the mouth, out the side gill plate opening, turn hook around and stick it back through the top of the minnow. This to allows for the bottom lip of the minnow to get hooked on the bait keeper. I tend to stick to the down the throat.
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A non member friend asked about a problem he’s having. My answer was Super Glue…but it wasn’t what he was looking for.
Any help?
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i can’t seem to hook these damn shinners I’m buying without them falling off.
When i have them sitting in the water they work themselves free.
Any tips on where to hook them for both slip knot rigging and lindy rig cast and let sit?
when I first saw the title of this post from you BK, I figured you had a run in with a couple union guys!!!!!!!! 
He probably did run into a couple union guys who suggested super glue.
stay outta this tom!!!!!!! not really we would of suggested J-B WELD!!!!!!!
For small and medium shiners, in the mouth and out behind the head. They will stay alive for a long time! This is also how I hook fatheads on a jig head.
For big shiners, through the nostrils with a weedless wacky hook. It won’t come off.
http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/VMC_Ike_Approved_Weedless_Wacky_Hooks/descpage-VMCWW.html
The VMC Moon Eye or Finesse Half Moon Jigs(for big shiners)work well too. I go in the mouth and out behind the head as well and the minnow still kicks for a long time. Best of all it doesn’t flop around on the hook, which I think can lead to a lost minnow quickly.
Glenn knows a couple guys who would love to show you a good way to rig them, but they are still on their mandatory break.
that’s correct…………the break, the weekend OT and all those things you enjoy at work thanks to a thug!!!!! not to hijack this thread!!!!!!! 
Get bent. I am salaried.
SOOOOOOOOOOOO your one of dem!!! 
and you still enjoy all those bennies!!!!!!!!!!! and I aint talkin all the college girls up in st joe either!!!! 
False. The correct answer was to say I am sure you mom enjoyed her breaks when she toiled at the factory and your dad enjoyed them at the postal service.
Don’t you know the best arguments include a dash of guilt?
quilty of what?????
Racketeering?
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