mrklean Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Do you still have the pic of the live decoy harness? I looked back at old posts and its gone. I have the samething and wanted to see howyou rigged yours. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I think this is what you are looking for. So the order of things when the live decoy is in this harness is Bead Crimp One Bead Live Decoy One Bead Sinker Beads Spinner Blade I am not sure if that is right but it works for me. You can cinch the crimp down on the Live Decoy pretty good by sliding the top bead down. This is the pic of the B&S style rig. I was just starting out when this photo was taken so the live rig is shown incorrect in this photo. The sinker should be on the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I just tied a bowline knot in a short leader with a snap swivel on the end. The loop created by the bowline goes over the front fins of the fake decoy and before the eye hook. I have never had a probem with it comming off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrklean Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 thats the one im looking for thanks. has anyone ever tried the fake decoy on the bottom and live decoy on top before? Instead of a spinner blade just down down a few inches of line to the decoy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 thats the one im looking for thanks. has anyone ever tried the fake decoy on the bottom and live decoy on top before? Instead of a spinner blade just down down a few inches of line to the decoy? I haven't.... yet. That is a good idea, I may try that out next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkman Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Think you could put the live decoy between the beads under the sinker. Then the sinker would be on the live decoy's back (like what is pictured). I am not sure what how it afects the live decoys action one way or the other.For a twist, I have also put the harness as far back toward the dorsal fin as I could, and swam the live decoy. That set up makes the decoy look like he is dying and trying to swim up. It also exposes the white bottom of the live decoy to give it more flash. The only issue with that setup is all the northerns I have seen using that setup have come ripping into the hole at 100 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Last week I tried the the live on top and the fake on the bottom with no luck and I'm not say that it wont work. I did notice that the live has a hard time swimming arond with the fake on the bottom but I think that at time the struggle that the live has will draw in fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassNspear Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 nice setup merk.I just dont like having all that stuff hanging under my decoy. I have always been a fan of letting the live decoy swim around with no weight at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 merk shoot me an email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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