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Post Rigging your spearing decoys in portable shantys
on: February 11, 2012, 17:18

With a lot of guys using the portable hub and cabin style shantys, how is everyone setting up their spearing decoys? In my Shappell Ice House 5000 hub style I am using a bungee cord stretched from the roof supports. (see pic) Then I tie my Arnold tip up line directly to the cord and hang it over the middle of the hole. In my Shappell DX 4000 cabin style shanty I wind my Arnold tip up line around the roof supports. Of course you can always use a jigging stick, but I like the hands free option. It would be great to hear back from all of you handy dandy spear fisherman to see how everyone else is doing it.
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Post Re: Rigging your spearing decoys in portable shantys
on: February 13, 2012, 02:51

I'm curious too because I've never had a chance to try this yet and these are the kinds of things I need to know! Thanks Keith! Let's see if we can get some other opinions and tips?

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on: February 13, 2012, 15:06

I spear out of hub style shanties and I always use wooden decoys on a jigging stick. If I want to run a live decoy too, I set a tip up as close to my spear hole as I can so that you can actually see the minnow swimming around at the edge of your spearing hole. whenever I want extra action out of the minnow, I just bump into it with my artificial decoy.
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Post Re: Rigging your spearing decoys in portable shantys
on: February 15, 2012, 03:56

Quote from beaver on February 13, 2012, 15:06
I spear out of hub style shanties and I always use wooden decoys on a jigging stick. If I want to run a live decoy too, I set a tip up as close to my spear hole as I can so that you can actually see the minnow swimming around at the edge of your spearing hole. whenever I want extra action out of the minnow, I just bump into it with my artificial decoy.

Do you have a spot to hang or set down your stick? I like the tip up close by the hole idea. Also gives you a chance to see how they are acting around the tip up baits.
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on: February 17, 2012, 03:05

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Here's something that I saw that I'm thinking about trying. Nice lightweight "yoyo" reel on a shower curtain ring.
Small dia. rope tied diagonally across shanty.
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on: February 18, 2012, 06:04

That's another great idea! I can learn a lot from all of you! Thanks!

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on: February 20, 2012, 16:40

Quote from PikeKilla on February 15, 2012, 03:56

Quote from beaver on February 13, 2012, 15:06

Do you have a spot to hang or set down your stick? I like the tip up close by the hole idea. Also gives you a chance to see how they are acting around the tip up baits.
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Post Re: Rigging your spearing decoys in portable shantys
on: February 20, 2012, 17:06

Its interesting how many nice pike will come over and stare at a live minnow on a tip up and not bite.
Most of the time I have two jig sticks in the water at the same time but alternate between them letting one sit while I swim the other. Most of the time ,the one Im not swimming at the moment, I just set it down on the floor. I alternate between the two letting one of them sit while swimming the other. I also change colors or size on one of them about every 15 minutes or so.
Depending how I cut my hole or how crowded my shanty is I may place a jigging stick between the wall fabric and a support pole but rarely.

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Post Re: Rigging your spearing decoys in portable shantys
on: February 28, 2012, 23:41

Quote from crittrgittr on February 17, 2012, 03:05
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Here's something that I saw that I'm thinking about trying. Nice lightweight "yoyo" reel on a shower curtain ring.
Small dia. rope tied diagonally across shanty.

This is slick! Let me know if you try it and how it works.
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