Darren wrote:2.) Trading Mojo's for new lucky ducks. So instead of two mojo teal and/or doves, will be going with a Lucky Duck full size mallard and a GW teal, both on same remote. Hoping full size bird helps with that long off flash many report as effective.
Thoughts on pole lengths? Prefer them as high as possible in effort to get as much visibility at distance as possible, or more realistically closer to water surface? Deeper ponds we hunted in marsh last year would need a LONG pole to account for the mud, the water and any real height above water.
If they can't see a spinner, they're not coming to it, so I want mine high enough to be seen over the marsh grass by distant low-flying teal. Meaning at least a bit higher than most of the surrounding vegetation:
Also means using all of a 10' section of 1/2" metal conduit to get the elevation shown above and wind-withstanding purchase in my particular pond. (Have an 8' section I've been using with the teal spinner I add on the other end of the pond in the September season, but wouldn't trust it with a full-sized spinner's wind resistance.)
Removing those poles is a booger most easily expedited by bending them for leverage and turning while pulling to help break the bottom's suction. Which is fine with the semi-permanent one on the east end that only gets changed out when badly bent by the boat or some such. But I've drilled a hole in the September-only pole big enough to run a phillip's head screwdriver through for leverage to rotate and pull it out.
Guess I'll add that I coat the inside 1/2" of the earth end of the conduit with Marine Goop before flattening it to a spade-like end and also cover the top end with a spend 12ga hull when there's no spinner on it to keep water from getting inside and rusting the pole that much faster.
Haven't seen (or paid attention to) a Lucky Duck in years, but remember a square post that I'd think would fit inside a 3/4" metal conduit, if not outside a 1/2" one.