Jerk decoys?

[BiggLuke]

Just wondering how many of you guys use a decoy jerk line in your set up to help add realism to your spread through movement?

We've been doning it off and on for a couple of years now, and it seems like sometimes it works well, sometimes it scares 'em off.

Your thoughts?

[CP]

Works great to catch their eye at a distance but up close it can spook them.

[scout/sniper]

Works great to catch their eye at a distance but up close it can spook them.

I use 2 decoys attached to surgical tubing that is anchored out past my decoy spread.
The other end is attached to a fly fishing reel bolted inside my boat.
I reel the decoys in just in front of my boat and when I am working ducks I let the reel slowly let out the line and the decoys swim through my spread. It leaves a nice wake and looks very convincing.
And it doesn't spook them up close.

[BiggLuke]

Hmmm... great idea scout/sniper.
Yeah i've seen some rigs like that on hunting vids in flooded timber.
But the use of a reel? that's just genius.

[scout/sniper]

Hmmm... great idea scout/sniper.
Yeah i've seen some rigs like that on hunting vids in flooded timber.
But the use of a reel? that's just genius.

LOL, I try to make all those fancy things myself.
Hope it works well for you. 

[wadu1]

Works great to catch their eye at a distance but up close it can spook them.

I aggree it will spook them up close; been using home made ones for years. I use black fishing snubbers on mine.

[Kola16]

  Just a homemade jerk string.

[kyle78]

Used them on Sat in thick fog and worked great.

[L-ofalab]

If they keep flying by we use the jerk string. Instead of an anchor we stake out the tip up decoy I made. Attached to the string are some duck bottoms a few feet towards the blind. When we pull the string the tip up dives and the bottoms wiggle. When it was legal I had all kinds of inventions that used batteries. My first radio controled swimming mallard was a blast.  It was dark & I just finished it, I couldn't wait till the next day to try it out. I took it to Manito park and launched in the duck pond.  I guided it out towards the other ducks and soon it was right in the middle of them. It didn't take long before I lost it in the many other mallards. It didn't have a stop/off position so it just kept swimming, after a few minutes I figured out which one I was controlling and steered it back towards us. There was a small drake that followed it almost all the way back.

[BiggLuke]

That's pretty cool.... yeah I too miss the days of batteries.....   ahhhh.....

[L-ofalab]

I was getting so excited when they were talking about legalizing electric decoys again. How tall are you Luke? I'm 6ft 6in and it sucks trying to get waders that will fit.

[BiggLuke]

6' 10"
and yeah.... my shoulders are still sore from this weekend.
lol.... I'm thinking about cutting the straps and adding about a foot.

[L-ofalab]

It's not easy being that big. Maybe you could just stand out in the open and pretend to be a tree! I just ordered some of those custom waders from St Helens, they were $175 because of adding extra length but if they fit that would be my first pair that did.

[vandeman17]

I really like a jerk cord on a calm day to get some ripples and movement in the decoys. I usually just give it a tug or two when I first see the birds then I let it settle. Seems to work good so far.

[Kola16]

6' 10"

 

[scout/sniper]

I really like a jerk cord on a calm day to get some ripples and movement in the decoys. I usually just give it a tug or two when I first see the birds then I let it settle. Seems to work good so far.

    Nothing wrong with jerk cords!