Chuck says,
The old timers in Florida taught me to hook the minnows or shiners through both lips..They live longer and I catch a lot of fish that way.I use as small as a split shot as I can find..The bait fish needs to swim freely..I use a bobber but try to fish close to the botttom..
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i'm one of them ole timers and i put the hook thru both eyes of the minnow..most of the time i use grass shrimp for bait ..all kinds of fish will go after grass shrimp..