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Ok, I have been fishing every since I could hold a rod & reel.. But I have never heard of fishing decoys.. Yes, I said fishing decoys.[crazy]I was on e-bay looking for ice fishing gear and came across these decoys.. First one I seen was a spear fishing one.. OK I might come to believe in this one.. But Ice fishing decoys.. If I hadn't seen so many of these on e-bay. I would have said some one is yanking my chain.. One is even a duck ice fishing decoy.. WHAT ??[crazy] I have attached a few pic.. for your entertainment.. So help me out here.. Have you ever heard,used,seen fishing decoys ???
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Watched them used in South Dakota for both bait and spear fishing for northern pike. The spear fishing was strange to me. They fished in a shack almost totally dark so they could watch down the hole & when they would get a fish just right under the hole they would drop (not throw) the spear. The one guy I watched could hit them almost every time. He used a three pronged spear that had big barbs and the points were needle sharp.
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