Mini-teaser twisting line up

[blufin]

Got a mini-teaser motion device for Christmas. I used it on my favorite decoy - a nine inch red & white plastic sucker. The decoy did not turn as fast as the mini-teaser. This resulted in the line twisting up and eventually shortening the distance between the decoy and th M-T. What was once a 4 foot deep decoy became only 2 feet deep.
  I liked the idea of not having to jig the decoy up and down. I think I'll try a smaller decoy and see what happens. Or hook it up to  a small spoon and continue dancing the 9-inch favorite as done previously.
  Any ideas or comments??

[jasonmichalski]

Never used a spinner with a decoy before I only use it with a golf ball or a spoon, if the line twists just shut it off and let it on twist in the water.

[MJ1657]

I'm kind of with Jason I don't think they are intended to spin a decoy. I hang 2 or 3 spoons hooked together under mine.

[StabinCabin]

It's called the pikebuster 2000 dream-outdoors.com 
http://dream-outdoors.com/products/spearing/index.htm

[DAPOS]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here........if memory serves, that unit has 1 or 2 arms on it. If that is so, and you are using your regular decoys, this is what I'm thinking. Regular dekes are nearly neutral bouyancy.....they sink very slowly. The fins on them are intended to propel the decoy forward as it descends. If you hooked your decoy up as usual, I would think the decoy would want to "ride"........make that be drug, through the water with its nose at a rather steep angle......like a helicopter does when it want to go forward quickly. This would put so much drag on it, the spinner would go too fast and end up twisting the line, like you noticed.

My suggestions would be to some how attach you line much closer to the nose, or use a decoy that is much more tail heavy and with minimal fins......just enough to make it "swim" nose first.

I hope this makes sense......it just seems that a decoy made to glide, without being towed, but rather as it descends on its own, just wouldn't have the same hydrodynamics as one being drug around by a line attached to its back........just my $.02

[newfish]

if it is the "mini teaser" brand, it does require a good ball bearing swivel on the line in the instructions. Did you use one?

[blufin]

if it is the "mini teaser" brand, it does require a good ball bearing swivel on the line in the instructions. Did you use one?

Mine is the M-T brand but says nothing about a swivel in the instructions. I can't see why you'd put a swivel on the line.    Then it would turn the swivel and nothing else. Happy New Year to  all you fish stabers.

[newfish]

sitting here looking at Mini Teaser Red and yellow cardboard packaging sold by todays tackle. Under Features, the last bullet point is "Remember to use a good ball bearing snap swivel to your decoy or spoon so you don't get line twist."

[blufin]

sitting here looking at Mini Teaser Red and yellow cardboard packaging sold by todays tackle. Under Features, the last bullet point is "Remember to use a good ball bearing snap swivel to your decoy or spoon so you don't get line twist."

WOW .... I am looking at my yellow & red instructions and the very last bullet sez . Use to attract Northerns, Panfish, Trout, Walleyes, Etc.

I should have received the latest version because they told us that they were out at Thorne Bros. tackle and were awaiting a restocking supply.  Then they shipped mine a few days later. THANX much for your comments.

  Spearing slow here on Lake Oahe. We can spear any fish except sturguen and paddle fish. I've gotten quite a variety of different kinds over the years.

[newfish]

Another odd bullet point under features. "New on - off switch if motor hesitates,give the shaft clockwise twist"