Yum Money Minnow???

[JWOA]

    Has anyone used the Money Minnow I may set this lure up for mi Alabama rig. Or just t-rig it. What size hooks do you guys use? 

I know in the transition that shad is released ,and I see bunch of minnows and thinking about getting some of these.

 

 Thanks for the Help Guys,

 

 Jay White

[flyfisher]

I never have used an A-Rig.

 

I lie the money minnow and I use it with a weighted screwlock wide gap hook, i use trokar or gammy.  Weight and hook sized is adjusted for the size but i usually go with the 5/0 for the 5".

 

Big key is rigginit it dead on straight or go with the Doug Stange method where you rig it on it's side.

[J Francho]

Any bait I've used on an umbrella rig has used a simple swimbait jighead, with an exposed hook.  Buckeye Lures makes a great head for this, with a very strong hook.

 

http://www.buckeyelures.com/jwill_swimbait_head.shtml

[Scorcher214]

Rig mine on a screwlock hook most of the time. Also, Try out a sworming hornet.It's a jig head with a willow blade on the bottom. Absolutely killer when paired up with a LFT magic shad. Never tried them on a money minnow but I'm sure it wouldn't e a bad setup.

[bigbill]

The hook size depends on the kind of money minnow your using. There are fat body ones and thinner ones I use the screw in hooks with no weight so I can watch it work closer to the surface. I twitch it like a dying minnow. I did have a lot of strikes with no hook ups with it. To me it's an awesome bait if I can come up with a simple trailer hook for it. Bb

I did have one hook up with a very big fish in November.