Live Decoys

[StabinCabin]

Just wondering how you keep your deke's alive when your not spearing.

[shadykiller]

i put mine in a 120 qt cooler and i just bought a small air bubbler and change the water bout 1 a week.. Just dont let them get to warm if they do they will go in shock when they hit the cool spear hole and die. i also bring home 4 gal of lake water when i go out fishing to put in..

[Waterwolf Doug]

i put mine in a 120 qt cooler and i just bought a small air bubbler and change the water bout 1 a week.. Just dont let them get to warm if they do they will go in shock when they hit the cool spear hole and die. i also bring home 4 gal of lake water when i go out fishing to put in..

Same here, old coleman cooler and a airpump with an air stone. I try to keep a happy medium between frozen and too warm. If I have to change the water during the week I use cold tap water and treat it with Aquarium Chlorine Remover.

[bth]

Find a 5 gallon pail with a lid and drill holes in it. Tie a rope and sink in the spearing hole. U want to leave the bottom half of the pail with out holes so some water stays in there when u pull them up. I have done this for a few years now and I usually have a couple decoys make it all season. Great way to store tip-up minnows too. Good luck.

[Higgins]

My Uncle taught me how to spear (old timer) and he always just raised his decoy to the top of the hole about 3" from the surface and left it like that, now if you have a really cold night that drops down to 0 or below than you have to get out there the following morning to make sure the decoy doesn't freeze in.

[Regulator99]

Find a 5 gallon pail with a lid and drill holes in it. Tie a rope and sink in the spearing hole. U want to leave the bottom half of the pail with out holes so some water stays in there when u pull them up. I have done this for a few years now and I usually have a couple decoys make it all season. Great way to store tip-up minnows too. Good luck.

+1

[09roadking]

I let line out so it can swim on the bottom in my perm house then just raise the line when i get there. but only spearing in the river

[MJ1657]

My current decoy is getting close to two weeks old. I just lower it down so its above the bottom of the ice.

[marlich9]

I do the same thing as BTH with a rock in it so it will sink. I connect it with light chain
instead of rope.  Learned from experience when chiseling out the hole.

[Mule Skinner]

My current decoy is getting close to two weeks old. I just lower it down so its above the bottom of the ice.

Wow !  you got your money's worth out of that one