Texas Rigged Decoys?

[Scott M]

Anybody ever try Texas Rigging Duck Decoys? Sure looks like you could save a heck of a lot of time by doing this. Basically you use like 300 pound mono line that is stiff and hard to tangle. You drill a hole in your decoy keel, put a length of line through (Whatever depth you hunt in), make a huge loop on one end and tie to a weight on the other (use a crimper and crimp sleeves). Repeat this for all your decoys, then bring all the loops together, clip them on a carabiner, knot up the mono line to prevent tangles, and put them in a bag. Get to the marsh, unclip the loops, and start throwing them out. No more wrapping and unwrapping, less time, dry hands. Sounds great theoretically.

[Walleye Guy]

Last fall we converted all of our diver decoys to this type of rigging using Rig'em right decoy weights. Its the best move we have ever made. Picking up and setting decoys is easier and quicker and you can eliminate decoys bag and the frustration associated with loose strings, lost weights etc. While picking up decoys in waders you can easily carry/tow at least a dozen or two decoys using this system.

I bought two more dozen Rig'em Right weights from Cabelas using points and coupons a couple weekends ago. We will be converting puddle duck decoys next year. I will be waiting until they go on sale before I buy more as they are rather spendy. I know you can make your own and we may give that a shot. We paid $27.99 a dozen (on sale) for the 60 inch weights. Worth every penny in myopinion however.

[BoxMN]

I use a homemade version of this for my decoys I use in North Dak. and also some of the puddle ducks we use in MN. I don't think we could use it on our divers though, as we need some long lines for most of them.

But the texas rigs work great where you are hunting where you can walk instead of boating. I used tangle free line, and after a few years I have found it to get a bit brittle, and I lost a couple dekes due to broken line. I might try the official stuff from riggem right to see if it holds up better. But I only use about 6-8 decoys max in NoDak, so no biggie

[Muthagoose]

I use weedeater line and bell anchors. A .07$ cable stop crimped on each end for the loop and your set.

As for extensions just make long droppers out of the same to add on.

Same a you Box on the # I bring with me. Im carving new lightweight MAGS just for carrying in..

[Sifty]

We use them on our puddle duck rigs.

It does save alot of time with putting out and picking up the decoys.

Sifty

[Gordie]

I will be tryin this along with a couple of other ideas for gang rigs once I figure it all out I'll post some pics and results

[HookEmHard84]

The texas rigged dekes are way slick! I got to go with a guy that had them and it worked awesome. No decoy bags, and no unwinding/winding up decoy ropes.

[Slab_Supper]

I may have to try this setup as well!

[Slab_Supper]

made the switch this year. Sure saved a heckofalot of time!

[Scott M]

Looking at the Rig Em Right product. How do you guys protect the decoys? They are advertising not needing decoy bags, but what about paint chipping, keeping them organized or piled in the boat?

[Slab_Supper]

I was worried about chipping as well. I went and bought those slotted bags where they are packed individually. All I do is take each one and stuff the weight in with the decoys and then clip all the loops together on a carabiner. The weights don't seem to bang around on the decoys and they have stayed nice so far.