Decoy cord depth adjusters

[SPRIGS]

I was in the process of re-rigging some duck floaters with GHG line, crimps and depth adjusters and was wondering if you need to do anything else with the line coming out of the decoy other than conect the depth adjuster. The first few decoys I ran the line through an anchor and then crimped by the anchor to hold in place. The line was then run through the guide hole in decoy and I placed a depth adjuster on the line. I then made a loop with the line and crimped off. I guess my reasoning for the loop was so I could pick several decoys up at once and also because I didn't think the depth adjuster alone would hold on its own. Will the line pull through the depth adjusters? They seem to hold pretty tight and I started to simply place a depth adjuster on the line and have done away with the loop. How have all of you used the depth adjusters? Appreciate any info. as this is my first experience with line that I can't simply tie a knot. Thanks

[George Kuhns]

I have never used the depth adjusters, but a friend of mine has. He claims that they do not slip. I usually just use a black snap swivel, like for fishing, placed in a loop knot. I tie the knot with the swivel in the loop part. I attach the line to the deke with the swivel, using ghg pvc line. The lines seem to tie and hold knots fine at the weights. I guess that the benefit of the swivel is the ability for the deke to be removed from the line without cutting. I hunt the Chesapeake a lot and the water depth I hunt ranges from 6" up to 15 feet. I keep some of my rig unstrung untill I know where I am going. Then I select from a six or eighteen foot rig which i keep in boxes on my boat or suspended in my shed. This way I don't hunt with extra stuff around the keel to get in my way. Also, on the longer lines for big water, I run heavy 8oz weights. The shallow rigs for marshes and potholes have four to six oz lead. Instead of a depth adjuster, the 60/40 keels all have line holding slots at the front of the keels. On my shallow dekes like teal, woods, and widgeons, as well as some of my mallards, I even run the swivels off of the backs of the keels. This will allow some birds to face differently, which works great in water that is calm a pretty still. This idea is bad however if you are on big water as the birds do not ride well in a big surf. I hope that some of these ideas are helpful.
George Kuhns

[Rick Frisch]

When used properly the depth adjusters will not slip. By properly, I mean threading the line in the first hole, loop it around, and come out the other hole.

Thanks,

[Christian Curtis]

Last year when the Mississippi River was up and down all season, I rigged my "boat hunting" decoys with depth adjusters as Rick explained. I didn't have any slip and they were adjusted each and every time they were put out.

[SPRIGS]

Thanks for the information. Thats about what I figured. Look forward to not having to wrap line around the keels and avoiding the tangled mess often found at the bottom of the decoy bags.