Any good DIY ideas for decoy weights? I am starting to rig my spread and my gosh those weights are expensive. Just seeing if anyone has something brilliant to avoid me paying 15.99 for a dozen weights.
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Jeff Elder has a pretty good way of doing it. Maybe he will post it up.

I use shotgun shells myself, works grrrreat.

Go to tire store and ask for their used lead tire weights. Buy a mold they cost about as much as 2 dozen anchors. Now your in the anchor business for ever

good one Jepsen!

That quote was classic Jepsen

If you are ever in Richardson Barlows Tackle of 75 has molds. $33 I believe.

400lb monofilament line, egg weights, crimps.

He isn't asking about TX rig he is asking about how to cut cost on weights

Still a way to cut costs, and I am just throwing it out there.

I use old hex nuts and trailer pins as weights to cut cost

Those cost to much money. We ranch out here. Tire weights there free and can't be used by me like a hex nut or trailer pins. Dang it Raker your just to rich

I pilfer them from the bone yard

I am rich though

Not enough to out bid wing supply

Just use bars of gold, who cares.

Still not the cheapest, but still effective.

I use 2 oz fishing pancake weights (with water keel only, gonna need more weight with weighted keel and in fast flowing water). They hold my magnum decoys in place even on windy days unless it is a hard bottom.

Good luck finding inexpensive ways other than making your own weights. I have used OLD nuts/bolts as well that have been laying around, but buying those new are just as expensive as buying regular weights.

If you do find an inexpensive method, let us know!

i use 1-2 oz egg sinkers

I use the same fishing weights that I use for fishing. Seems like I always have enough laying around...

Probably your best bet right here. But if you have an old cast net laying around the weights off of it will do.

Blackwing Advancements has a new decoy weight.

I found some old really rusted sockets that I'm gonna save for weights

I have a couple dozen rigged with these that I bought about 10 years ago in the fishing section at Wal Mart. They were really cheap at the time.

PM sptaylor, he has the best system I have ever seen or heard of

I'm going to use taylor as a decoy wt the next time I see him.