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Decoys for your jerk string - weighted vs unweighted keel
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:00 pm
I'm in the process of DIY texas rigging decoys for the upcoming season. Some have weighted keels, some don't. I will be setting aside 6 to use on the jerk string which I will not tx rig.
Is it better for the decoys on the jerk string to have a weighted keel or an unweighted keel? Or does it not matter at all?
Also, out of pintail, greenheads, woodies, teal and gadwall, which would you use on your jerk cord and why?
Is it better for the decoys on the jerk string to have a weighted keel or an unweighted keel? Or does it not matter at all?
Also, out of pintail, greenheads, woodies, teal and gadwall, which would you use on your jerk cord and why?
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Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:04 pm to The Last Coco
We use three unweighted but thats bc that all we have.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:06 pm to The Last Coco
We use weighted, but that's all we use. It doesn't matter what species, it's all about ripples on the water.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:27 pm to The Last Coco
I have 3 unweighted keels. Ive got 2 hooked on the rear of the keels and the other hooked up front to tip forward and thrash a little.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:38 pm to The Last Coco
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it not matter at all
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:45 pm to The Last Coco
I don't think it matters
I use these with the same ball of twine. Roll out the line then clip dekes in place. It works well if you're moving around a lot. Sometimes you have to go a long way to find something to tie to.
I have a rigging ring on several dekes and clip these to the ring.
I use these with the same ball of twine. Roll out the line then clip dekes in place. It works well if you're moving around a lot. Sometimes you have to go a long way to find something to tie to.
I have a rigging ring on several dekes and clip these to the ring.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:46 pm to The Last Coco
Do u have a mold for making egg sinkers for Texas rigs and if so where do u buy your lead from. I'm thinking about making my own also.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 3:48 pm to NotFromTown
We just got the set up from Academy, it was cheap like 20-30 bucks.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:04 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Do u have a mold for making egg sinkers for Texas rigs and if so where do u buy your lead from. I'm thinking about making my own also.
Nope. I am just rolling up the old strap weights and using them. There is no reason you need egg weights. The decoy is supposed to slide up and down the line, not the weight.
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We just got the set up from Academy, it was cheap like 20-30 bucks.
My first batch of decoys I bought TX rigs, but since I now have over 9 dz dekes, I refuse to spend that much. The expensive part is the weights (usually $1.20/6 oz sinker), but since I have all those strap weights I will use them. I just ordered 100 yards of 400# line and accompanying crimps for $25 to rig the 4 dozen or so I have left unrigged.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:05 pm to The Last Coco
We use unweighted mallards 
Funny story last year we had a smiling mallard land next to the jerk cord bunch. The guy would pull the cord 5 to 6 foot & the duck would swim as fast as he pulled with the group, he let it go & the duck would haul arse after them. Played with that fricker for 10 minutes or so
Funny story last year we had a smiling mallard land next to the jerk cord bunch. The guy would pull the cord 5 to 6 foot & the duck would swim as fast as he pulled with the group, he let it go & the duck would haul arse after them. Played with that fricker for 10 minutes or so
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:12 pm to The Last Coco
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:18 pm to GREENHEAD22
Do y'all use jerk string all season or just late season? We use flappers, but I'm thinking about moving to jerk string in late Dec-Jan
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:20 pm to LSU Tigershark
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Do y'all use jerk string all season or just late season
When there is no ripple on the water from the lack of wind.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:20 pm to LSU Tigershark
Depends where we are huting. If it the at our spot on public land we usually only use a few decs and the jerk string.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:22 pm to LSU Tigershark
Flooded timber we use jerk strings all the time. In the rice fields we mostly use flappers but on calm days with no wind action a jerk string works wonders for those ducks that just won't quite commit.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:24 pm to The Last Coco
I use unweighted ones.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:49 pm to DrTyger
What tactics do you use with the jerk string? I've never used one. Do you just work them back and forth til the birds commit? Pull it once just to get some water movement?
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:52 pm to GREENHEAD22
It's the same one I use. Works flawlessly. My bro has about a $50 one and it doesn't work as well and is more complicated.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 4:53 pm to LSU Tigershark
Use it like your duck calls use it to get there attention and when they don't come any closer after they start to circle jerk on the string to reel them back in.
Posted on 8/16/13 at 5:14 pm to NotFromTown
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after they start to circle jerk on the string
commas do wonders
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