When I get all set up hunting down along the coast I’ll set up a jerk rig but it’s manual. Ya just hook 4 decoys to the line with a bungee. When ducks get close overhead a slight pull gets those decoys moving which works good on calm days.
That damn can’t is lazy as hell we’ve had her since we got married and all she does is lay around unless she wants fed at 4 in the morning then she starts knocking lights over lol
Oh yeah they have all kinds of crazy stuff. If you can drive up to the pond or something and don’t have to paddle or motor a long ways a lot of that stuff would be worthwhile. For me I try to keep it as simple as possible. Occasionally I’ll run about 4 dozen decoys but not much more than that. Picking up that many by myself with my son can be a pain and by that point I’m usually frozen stiff.
All the decoys have loops and I use a D ring. They’re Texas rigged type deals. The old style of wrapping cord and j hook weights tear your hands up so bad in the cold. I’m practically crying by the time I get back to the truck.
Still too early. Mostly wood ducks and resident mallards around and the few resident black ducks. Takes a good cold front to push ducks south and it seems to happen later and later every year. Then I’m fighting ice, breaking paddles and searching for open water.
