Jig

• 1). Attach a 1/8-ounce lead-head jig on the fishing line using a Palomar knot.
  
  
• 2). Insert the point of the hook into the minnow's mouth.
  
  
• 3). Push the hook point into the minnow's throat. Push the hook point out the top of the minnow's head, just behind its eyes.
  
  

Live-Bait Rig

• 1). Cut a 24- to 36-inch long piece of 4- to 6-pound fishing line.
  
  
• 2). Slide onto the end of your main fishing line a slip sinker, which is a type of sinker that slides up and down the line. Then tie the end of the main line to a barrel swivel. Tie the 24- to 36-inch piece of line to the other end of the swivel.
  
  
• 3). Tie a #6 or #8 hook to the end of the leader, which is the 24- to 36-inch piece of fishing line.
  
  
• 4). Insert the hook into the side of the minnow, just in front of its tail. Push the hook out the other side. Alternately, push the hook point into the minnow's lower jaw, through its mouth, and out the top of its mouth, just behind the lips.