WELL, DON,T KNOW BOUT THE SHRIMP OR WHAT EVER, BUT AS FAR AS THE CRAWLERS, I ALWAYS SIZE 6 SNELLED DOUBLE LINED HOOK. EAGLE CLAWS. YA WANT GOOD HOOKS THAT ARE RELIABLE.!!!1 ALWAYS!!NIGHTCRAWLERS I GO 1/4 WAY UP AND HOOK THE TAIL END, THEN RUN THRU ONCE THRU MIDDLE THEN GO TO FATTY PART ON NECK AND RUN THE REST OF THE WAY UP THRU TO THE HEAD, BUT MAKE SURE THER IS NO PART OF THE HOOK SHOWIN ONEITHER END. LEAVIN THE HOOK INSIDE THE HEAD END,LEAVE A LITTLE DISTANCE FROM HEAD END SO,S IF YA START TO GIT SNAGGED IT WILL CATCH THE WORMS HEAD INSTED OF LETTIN THE HOOK,GO INTO THE LOG OR WHATEVER, I,VE HAD A FEW BREAKS DOIN IT THIS WAY AND NOT ONLY THAT I LIKE LEAVIN A TAIL CAUSE THE CRAWLERS END WIGGLES AND IT GITS THE FISH RILED, THEY SEE IT AND HERE WE GO!! HAHA NOW THE MINNOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE I,M FISHIN. THE LARGE RIVER OVER IN BRIDGEWATER, A TROUT RIVER, ONLY, I LOVE TAKIN THAT MINNOW. YA WANT TO TAKE AND RUN IT THRU THEIR MOUTH AND THRU THE GILL WITH SOME OF THE END OF THE HOOK WHERE THE LINE IS TIED ON IS UNDER THE GILL SO HE DOESN,T FEEL THE LINE THE ONLY PART OF THE LINE SHOULD BE SHOWIN IS THAT THAT COMES OUT THE MINNOW MOUTH.! THE HOOK THEN IS TURNED INWARDS, TAKE THE BOTTOM END OF THE HOOK AND EMBED INTO THE INSIDE OF THE MINNOW, ON THE SIDE OF THE FISH. YES IT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL IT, BUT YOU ARE FISHIN IN A RIVER THAT IS FLOWIN FAST SO IT REALLY DOESN,T MATTER WHETHER HE,S DEAD OR ALIVE AND ALSO A TROUT OR ANY OTHERE FISH DON,T MIND IT DEAD BUT MAKE SURE THE HOOK IS TIGHTLY UP AGAINST THE MINNOWS BODY SO WHEN HE HITS HE DOESN,T FEEL THE HOOK IN HIS MOUTH OR HE,LL LET GO. IT ALSO DOEN,T REALLY MATTER EITHER IN A POND LAKE CAUSE TO THEM IT,S EASY PREY AND MIGHT HIT IT FASTER THAN IF IT,S LIVIN. BUT THIS IS RIVER FISHIN AT THE MOMENT, NOW YOU TAKE THAT MINNOW AND I ALWAYS CAST IT SOME UP STREAM LETTIN IT DRIFT DOWN TOWRDS THE FRONT OF THE HOLES CAUSE THAT,S WHERE THEY,LL BE, AND REEL TO THE FASTNESS OF HOW THE RIVER IS RUNNIN,AFTER YOU,VE CAST, HOLD YOUR POLE UP, STRAIGHT, LOWERIN YOUR TIP GRADUALYY WITH THE FLOW OF THE WATER, RELLIN AT THE SAME TIME AS FAST AS THE WATERI S FLOWIN. THEN YOU HAVE NO SLACK. I NEVER HAVE THE TIP OF MY POLE ANY LOWER THAN 30 DEGREE ANGLE. SO,S I CAN WATCH MY LINE AND TIP AS IT FLOATS DOWN THRU. CAUSE YA GOT TO BE READY. NO SLACK!! HOLD YOUR POLE UP,AND LET IT GRADULLY DOWN TIIL EITHER YA GOT A HIT, OR YOUR AT THE END OF YOUR LINE. , IT TAKES TIME PATIENCE AND PRACTICE TO LEARN YOUR POLE FEELIN OF YOUR LINE ESPECIALLY YOUR TIP AND SEE JUST HOW SENSITIVE YOUR TIP IS SO YOU KNOW WHEN YA GOT THAT HIT OR A SNAG. THAT,S WHY I LOVE MY UGLY STCKS. LIGHT TACKLE RUGGED ALWAYS DEPENDABLE.BUT I CAN FEEL EVERY ACTION. THAT IS GOIN ON. YOU CAN USE THE TIP OF YOUR POLE TO DIRECT IT, AIM IT, GET IT DEEPER HOLD DOWN SOME, NOT MUCH, SO,S YOU STILL HAVE FULL CONTROL OF YOUR LINE AND WHERE THE MINNOW IS. PLACE IT SO,S WHEN HE HITS IT HE CAN RUN.TAKE YOUR BAIL OFF AND HOLD THELINE TWIXT YOUR FINGERS,THEN YOU CAN LET HIM GO WHEN HE,S READY. I LIKE ALWAYS CASTIN UP STREAM, LETTIN IT FLOAT DOWN INTO THE FRONT OF THE HOLES CAUSE THAT,S WHERE THEIR GONNA BE DURIN FIRST LIGHT AND DAY TIME, . AND IF THEIR THERE YOUR LINE WILL STOP. LEAVE IT ALONE FOR MAYBE GOOD FEW MINUTES CAUSE SOMETIMES IT,S HARD TO TELL WHETHER IT A FISH OR SNAG. SOMETIMES THEYRUN RIGHT OFF AND OTHER TIMES SIT THERE WITH IT IN THEIR MOUTH. SO HAVE PATIENCE!!!! ESPECIALLY WITH MINNOW FISHIN! HAHA DO THIS. CAUSE THE BIG ONES LIKE TO SIT WITH IT IN THE MOUTH FOR A MINUTE THEN RUN WITH IT. OPEN YOUR BAIL WHILE HE,S SITTIN THERE BUT DON,T REEL IN OR LET OUT. HOLD IT WHERE IT,S AT CAUSE HELL LET GO IF HE FEELS ANYTHIN DIFFERENT.WHEN HE RUNS LET HIM GOGOGOGO UNTIL HE STOPS AGAIN,HE EATS IT, AND THEN HE,LL RUN AGAIN AND THEN SNUB HIM.MAKE SURE YOU WAIT FOR HIS SECOND RUN!!!! OR YOU,LL PULL THE MINNOW OUT OF HIS MOUTH.AND THEN, YOU GOT HIM THIS IS THE MOST FUN I HAVE. NOW WITH THE POND. BOBBER, SINKER DOWN NEXT TO SWIVEL, COUSRE THEN YOUR HOOK.THE SINKER ALSO HELPS KEPP MINNOW SOMEWHAT IN TACT TO NOT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE GIT YA SNAGGED/AND KEEPS THE LINE TAUNT WHEN HE TAKES THE MINNOW. DO THE SAME, LET HIM RUN TWICE!! HOOK MINNOW UNDER THE MIDDLE TOP FIN. NOT TOO FAR DOWN INTO THE BODY. THE HOOK NOW, WILL BE SHOWIN THRU THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS BODY. BUT THIS IS OK. IT,S BECAUSE HE IS HITTIN IT FROM THE THE TAIL. YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS ONE ALIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. BUT THEY WILL HIT A DEAD ONE TOO.SO DON,T WOORY BOUT IT TILL HE START GITTIN MUSHY AND DOESN,T WANT TO STAY ON THE HOOK. BETTER CHECK BEFORE THAT POINT THOUGH, HAHA, WHEN ICE FISHIN I WILL HOOK THEMTHRU THE FRONT TOP OF THE MOUTH THE TAIL IS HANGING DOWN AND FLOWIN WITH THE CURRENT, ACTS MORE LIVELY, ALSO WITH A SPLIT SHOT ON IT.TO HOLD IT. THE FISH GENERALLY IS COMIN FROM UNDER THE MINNOW UP. AND THEY WILL HIT THE TAIL FIRST/ ALWAYS USE A GOOD EAGLE CLAW SNELLED SIZE 6 HOOK. DOUBLE LOOPS IF I CAN GIT EM. ALSO WITH MY NIGHTCRAWERS I USE A SIZE 6 HOOK ALSO. UNLESS I,M FISHIN THE LITTLE BROOK WHERE THE BROOKIES ARE SMALL AND I,LL USE A SIZE 8. HOPE THIS HEPS. HAHA MARE REMEMBER THE FISH, AT EVENIN WHEN THE SUN IS GOIN DOWN ARE GOIN INTO TO HOLES, THAT,S WHEN I GO BACK TO MY NIGHTCRWLERS. EASIER TO CONTROL AND DON,T GIT SO SNAGGED UP LONG WINDED HAHA BUT FOR THE FISRT TIMERS MINNOW FISHIN THIS MIGHT HELP.I HOPE FOR YA
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