If you don't have dog, what is best fishing lure to retrieve ducks?

If you don't have dog, what is best fishing lure to retrieve ducks?

Any guys have good wise experience on this one? I have a medium action fishing pole, and wondering what everyone that retrieves with that are out of reach?

I know i need a good dog, but for now asking about this

I use a big spook and pinch the barbs in

do you pinch them in so that it still grabs the duck, but so you can get hooks out i guess?

do those float? how long are the ones you use, that work good?

Waders!!!!!!!!!

Badlander, i have some already, talking about the shots just out of reach in deeper water... sorry, should have said that earlier, thought i had, but guess not...

Largest Spook size you have, 3 treble preferably. If you weight the back end by using a very large/heavy hook it makes snagging much easier because the nose will be angled upward. Heavy line is essential

Spook

Some type of top water

Same here, Zara Spook

Super spook!!

Ferguson tripple hook

Zara spook is what I always used. That's why my dog's name is Zara now.

practice your calling

get them close enough, they drop where you what them

Spook. Saltwater size

We used to make something similar to this. http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FETCH-IT...=item43cf0644d7

Ours had 3 wire hooks on the end, looked like a grappling hook Body was made out of Styrofoam, the wires twisted together and shoved up a hole drill in the middle. We had to add weight to it to get some distance. With a Zebco 33 you could fling that sucker across the country. Foam at Hobby Lobby, wire from coat hanger.

I recommend you consider getting a dog. It beats toting fishing rods and it improves the overall experience.
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I have used a spook many times, but the best was an big old prop bait with triple trebles . It cast far in the heavy winds and tracked truer across the water surface than a "walk the dog" bait such as a spook, this made it easier to precisely snag birds in.

If you're going to carry one, here you go
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HDKOHY/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=4963343191&ref=pd_sl_6vn3rkd7yk_b

lol, man I remember those from 70's, they must be good been around all this time.

Hunted w/o dog many times, and I always just pick my shots so bird lands where I can get it.

I use a jitterbug that I put bigger hooks on