Author Topic: pic of your decoys and/or attactors (Read 19062 times)

jasonmichalski · « **on:** Jan 17, 2012, 01:55 PM »

We have pics of your spear and your catch, lets get a good spot for people to look at what kind of decoys are out there. I like to see the simple and complex works of art that are used in the houses. I also that to see all kinds of idea to bring in the big ones. The more info we can get out there the better it is for all of us. This site got me hooked on spearing and carving decoys, so lets try to get us all fired up with your pics.
Here is a few decoys I have and us and some I'm working on.

P1131169 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131229 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131203 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131180 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

PC221117 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 17, 2012, 02:24 PM »

My 4 year old Daughter helped make this decoy, and she painted it too.

P1131192 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131189 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

this decoy I got from my Grandpa It's around 100 years old from the Saginaw bay market days. I have one of the old fines put away. Grandpa put these fines on it 40 years ago, after one was losed.

P1131182 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131181 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

Higgins · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 17, 2012, 04:45 PM »

my pike decoy was not performing well so I did this to it (now I just need safe ice)

JCrean · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 17, 2012, 07:16 PM »

My first: (still hadn't removed the tape from the copper fins)

My second:

The last deke I made:

I've got others in the works, but I'm going to have to switch woods. I made the others out of basswood, but it swells and cracks. I was real mad when I realized the pike, which took me about 10 hours to make, got cracked paint after the first swim. Going to switch to cedar which I hear doesn't act like basswood.

Higgins · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 17, 2012, 09:42 PM »

Quote from: JCrean on Jan 17, 2012, 07:16 PM

I've got others in the works, but I'm going to have to switch woods. I made the others out of basswood, but it swells and cracks. I was real mad when I realized the pike, which took me about 10 hours to make, got cracked paint after the first swim. Going to switch to cedar which I hear doesn't act like basswood.

Man that sucks I was really hoping that I was wrong about the bass wood cause it so much nicer to work with than cedar which is much more dense. Sorry to here about that pretty pike $:-\$

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 18, 2012, 09:32 AM »

I use white cedar and vinyl paint from coating systems. If you thin it you can airbrush it on. I was using a lacquer top coat ,but I just got a vinyl clear and I'm going to try that out. The vinyl is flexable and chip and crack resistant. The big plus is it dries in 10-15 minutes and no heat setting between colors. Painted this perch, with many colors over the others, as I hold it by hand, now it just needs a clear coat.

P1131200 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131201 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131196 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131198 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131202 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

The decoys look great everyone any thing you do you self is something to but pride of all of the pics everyone posted show skill and are a art form that I hope we are helping keep alive. Keep put the great work and post more everybody, this is very cool to see.

P Meyette · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 18, 2012, 01:45 PM »

very intresting,very good looking decoys nice to see so much talent

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 20, 2012, 09:41 AM »

I liked this from another post by JCrean, so I thought I would share it here too.

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Most of the time I use a big, live chub, regardless of ice, snow, or water clarity. I've had great luck.

I do use a spoon inline, with hooks removed to weight my minnow. Provides extra flash.

1230112306a by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

I also like to jig a firetiger spoon tipped with a big minnow. I use this to rustle up some fun when things are slow, or mess with short fish when they are in the hole.

For fakes, red and white is tough to beat. If my live chub isn't working, I'll raise it up and swim the fake. A lot of time I'll swim both, with the fake being the low deke, and the live minnow being the higher one.

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 24, 2012, 09:15 AM »

Higgins
You should let us know when you find out if the spinner on the pike decoy helps or not. If looks like a winner.

Icefish4Life · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 25, 2012, 08:16 PM »

Great looking decoys, folks

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 30, 2012, 12:50 PM »

I always forget about my spinner a made when I first started spearing. I will have to take some pictures of that soon and pst them, because they do work I had a pike eat a red and white golf ball this weekend, and I've speared pike and watched walleye come in to a spinning firetiger spoon. I have six more decoys ready for paint and I post those soon too, for now here is one of the decoys I just put clear on before the clear.

P1131224 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131223 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131213 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131212 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P1131217 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
and here is more of the decoy I did for a friend.

PC221111 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

PC221145 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

PC221144 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

PC221142 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

PC221130 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 13, 2012, 03:01 PM »

Quote from: StabinCabin on Dec 18, 2011, 11:19 AM

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jasonmichalski · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 14, 2012, 04:55 PM »

almost done with this one it just needs clear , but first some work on the eyes the tape left some sticky crap behind.

P2141173 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2141176 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2141172 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2141170 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2141171 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
hope you guys like it.

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 16, 2012, 04:03 PM »

clear is done and the eye issue taken care of

P2161189 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161187 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

the next two pics are with clear finished also

P2161185 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161186 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 16, 2012, 04:16 PM »

folk art style sunfish painted last night needs to get clear tonight. It wasn't suppost to be folk art style, but the air brush lost a set screw and I had to fix some paint splater.

P2161172 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161173 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161174 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161175 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161181 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2161182 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

and I added eyes to this decoy

P2161191 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

Higgins · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 16, 2012, 04:45 PM »

Wow Jason, I can see where your free time is going since there is no ice.
At least you have something to show for it

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 16, 2012, 05:17 PM »

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Wow Jason, I can see where your free time is going since there is no ice.
At least you have something to show for it

It helps me relax at night because of my narcolepsy I have trouble sleeping when I should be, I'd have more done, but we still have good ice as of last weekend there was more then the weekend before. You should let me know if you make it back this way, I'm only 4 miles from the Roscommon County line. My Dad lives on the Saginaw Bay next year if it freezes I might try out there, we use too see some monster pike under the ice.

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 21, 2012, 04:32 PM »

Well the clear is done on the Sunfish.

P2211183 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2211182 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
Now I have to put clear and clean up the eyes on this pike I painted last night and it will be done.

P2211177 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2211169 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
the S shape

P2211170 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2211173 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2211171 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2211181 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
Three more to paint.

Higgins · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 21, 2012, 05:51 PM »

Quote from: jasonmichalski on Feb 16, 2012, 05:17 PM

It helps me relax at night because of my narcolepsy I have trouble sleeping when I should be, I'd have more done, but we still have good ice as of last weekend there was more then the weekend before. You should let me know if you make it back this way, I'm only 4 miles from the Roscommon County line. My Dad lives on the Saginaw Bay next year if it freezes I might try out there, we use too see some monster pike under the ice.

I might take ya up on that offer. Narcolepsy, so do you ever nod off in the shanty ?

HVFD14 · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 21, 2012, 05:54 PM »

What kind of motion does that S shape make in the water? Looks pretty good. What are your fins made of also?

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 09:06 AM »

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I might take ya up on that offer. Narcolepsy, so do you ever nod off in the shanty ?

Anytime Higgins just that me know. The meds help stop the nods, and they improve focus, Maybe that has something to do with the detail I put in the decoys.

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What kind of motion does that S shape make in the water? Looks pretty good. What are your fins made of also?

The tail is out to the side more then the rest of the body a little, but the swim direction could have been left or right. When I tuned it I adjusted the fins and eye to make it follow the tail. It was a little harder to tune , but I have found I'm getting very good at making the decoys do what I want. The red and white shiner I said before had a 2' circle, but in the cold water it has about 6' circle and slowly sinks. The sunfish has about the same circle and is smooth and even slower, and it sank straight down intill I bent the fins. The fins on all my decoys are copper if not painted and left over heating duct sheet metal, from when I built my house, if painted. I don't see the point of wasting copper with paint. The perch is the same sheet metal, but with a lot of detail grinding. I like the flexibility of the sheet medal, but my poor cut up fingers hate it, if you use it be careful it hurts like the

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jasonmichalski · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 22, 2012, 04:37 PM »

Clear is done on the pike. The pike has a thin layer on Pearl paint over the other colors so the flash is making the sparkles look like weird spots on the decoy.

P2221170 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2221169 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P2221168 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

JCrean · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 27, 2012, 08:37 AM »

Finished an acrylic decoy today. The pike absolutely love my Marvin Johnson acrylic decoy, so I made my own.

The best part about this stuff is it requires no supplemental weight, won't swell and crack, and you can run it over with a truck.

I used copper for the tail and fins. I also put a buckshot rattle in the decoy. Total length is about 9.5".

Can't wait to break it in!

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 27, 2012, 12:51 PM »

That is a sweet looking decoy, nice work JCrean.

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 28, 2012, 02:22 PM »

The hillbilly spinner it has a speed control on top and I hook it to a 6volt, and I screw the end of the wood to the ice.
Sorry the pic is dark the flash reflected off the reflector I stuck it in the shanty strap to get a good pic. The lure on it is a fire tiger spoon and a lead weight I painted

P2261172 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
The sucker after along day in the live decoy harness.

P2261184 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #25 on:** Mar 01, 2012, 05:58 PM »

It was snowing all day and then came the rain so I stayed home and finished to more decoys here they are.

P3011168 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P3011174 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P3011175 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P3011179 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P3011183 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

P3011185 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr
One more to paint on last years decoys.

P3011188 by jasonmichalski, on Flickr

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #26 on:** Mar 05, 2012, 04:33 PM »

Last one from last year finished finally

a better pic of the spinner

my two favorite at the moment

here is a link to my new pic page. http://s1063.photobucket.com/albums/t506/jasonmichalski24/

JCrean · « **Reply #27 on:** Mar 08, 2012, 08:35 PM »

Last deke of the year.

Acrylic that rattles.

Modeled the body after a shiner of about 7".

Hunter green and white basecoat.

We'll see if it produces this weekend in the U.P.!

Higgins · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 08, 2012, 10:41 PM »

Quote from: JCrean on Mar 08, 2012, 08:35 PM

We'll see if it produces this weekend in the U.P.!

Man your decoys look too pretty, they need some teeth marks

Who do you think you are going to the U.P. without asking me if I want to go

Good luck and have fun

jasonmichalski · « **Reply #29 on:** Mar 09, 2012, 11:32 AM »

Nice work JCrean. Do those have a slow fall or fast drop, I'm wondering because you said you don't have to add weight. If the specific gravity is close to 1 it should be slow, but one would think it would be higher, but not near stone, which is between 6-7.

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Author Topic: pic of your decoys and/or attactors (Read 19062 times)