First year with this bait. Anyone have tips on their favorite size and rigging?

 

 

 

 

 

5" on a 1/4 oz. 5/0 screw-lock, 3" on an 1/8 oz. 3/0 or a swimjig. I mainly use the strike king shadalicious but the money minnow is very similar, except it comes with the belly already slit. here's a video I made on the shadalicious, skip to 1:40 for rigging tips and how to get more fish out of them.

Still playing a bit.

I concur with CPBassFishing. Great video. The exact same bait & rigging I use. A real killer early in the season. Retrieve just fast enough to get both the head and tail to shimmy. Crazy effective!

Well, I fish several paddle tails including the Shadalicious, but I am really interested in hearing

about the Money Minnow. These baits appear to be a little thicker in both the head and tail. I

was wondering if a jig head might be a better option here. I use the weighted hook on both the

Hollow Belly and Shadalicious, but a jig head on the Keitech Swing Impact Fat.

 

 

 

Caught alot of fish on the money minnow last year, Screw lock, 3/0 hook 1/8oz weight on the 3" Favorite 3 colors are Peral, white with chart, and white with red nose. All caught fish all year long. THe ponds i fished always had alot of grass they come through it great.

 

They are called money minnows for a reason, when they were on sale mostly like a dollar off I would stock up.

 

I grabbed some shadlicous to try out this year.

Same rigging here.  I find them extremely effective when you are either bringing them through lill pads, they never get hung up really or if you are trying to tick the tops of a grass bed.  You can retrieve them pretty slowly and still achieve great action.  I also like chucking the 6" version with a 7/0 screwlock as well.

 

Keep a tight grip on you rod though because a lot of the hits are pretty crazy hard

Well, I fish several paddle tails including the Shadalicious, but I am really interested in hearing

about the Money Minnow. These baits appear to be a little thicker in both the head and tail. I

was wondering if a jig head might be a better option here. I use the weighted hook on both the

Hollow Belly and Shadalicious, but a jig head on the Keitech Swing Impact Fat.

 

 

 

I tried a jig head on them a few times and i couldn't get the same action and since i liked to throw them in nasty cover areas they weren't as weedless. 

I like them on a fish head spin or owner belly weighted hooks. Great action and great results with this lure for me.

I have fished the money minnow for several years now. I prefer them over the shadalicious. I like that they are softer and therefore have a better paddle tail movement.  I rig them on Gamakatsu weighted superline EWG

I like the Bluegill color and the Foxy Shad. At first I thought they were a little pricey, but have been impressed with their durability.

1/2 scrounger head.