How to rig a chub or sucker for a decoy

[aquafang]

What is used to hold your live decoys. Who sells these options?

[MJ1657]

This is what I use. I got it in a little crooked. I've had this decoy in the hole for a week I've had them live for as long as 3.

I believe its made by Lakco. Green and yellow package.

[mrklean]

Yep get a decoy pin works great especially when the pike grab them

[shortfatguy]

Pins work good. I prefer to use a harness. I keep a bucket with holes drilled in it down the hole with my minnows in it while I am gone. I only drill holes in the top half of the bucket so it holds enough water to keep the minnows alive I am not using while I spear. They will live this way until they get hit too many times by fish. The pin seems to shorten the use I get from them.

[TDH]

I can keep my decoys alive all season using this method. The decoy goes through the loop made with the line to the weight. Then I twist the clamp until the line fits tightly around the decoy. I can use any size decoy I want while not hurting the decoy like the pins do.

[Neighbor_guy]

I prefer the pins to the chokers. But I don't use a live decoy that often.

[merkman]

I prefer the harness.

The extra flash by running a blade underneath attracts more fish.

-Merk

[Jessie_H]

My husband and I also prefer the harness. This way your spear only counts as one line, not sure was ND laws are. The only place I've see the harness' are at baitshops that already sell spearing items.

[pikestabber]

Ford...Chevy...

Coke...Pepsi...

I've used both successfully. I think the choker keeps the sucker alive over a longer period of days, but I think the pin isn't as restrictive and your bait swims better. Both can be ripped off by a pike if you aren't paying attention. I think a healthy sucker (chub, shiner, whatever) is much more important than how you hook it up. If you go with the choker, there is a natural notch in a sucker just ahead of the dorsal (you can run your finger along its back and feel the divot and should secure the harness right there. For the pin, I find going just underneath the dorsal itself allows for a nice swimming action. Use care to hook deep enough to be secure but shallow enough that you don't stab it in the spine.

The chokers come pre-weighted, but that isn't always a good match. Use just enough weight to keep your bait in the hole. It should be able to swim all day without tiring out after the first 20 minutes. I have a variety of egg sinker weights hooked up to a snap swivel so I can change them out to match the bait size, and this is critical to how a bait swims and for how long it can swim. My