Decoys and spreads

[I make oil]

What area do you hunt and what kind and number of decoys do you put out? Any brand preference? How do you rig them?

I usually hunt either the Atchafalya Delta or the Wax. Mostly open water so I usually put out a lot of decoys. 5 or 6 dozen at a minimum sometimes as many as 10 depending on how much time I have. Mostly Mallards, Gadwall and Teal. I'm pick up a half dozen pintails for this season and replacing some old Flambeau Mallards with GHG professionals. In the past I rigged with plain decoy weights attached with tarred string. This year I'm switching to the J style weights with elastic shock cords connected to no tangle line. I'm sick of fighting tangles out the bag. I've looked into the pocket style bags but with the number of decoys I carry it would be a PITA. I have 2 robo ducks but seldom use them. Mostly early season, never after the first split.

Also, I think I'm going to do like what was mentioned in another thread and paint all my old decoys as coots. There are tons of them where I hunt and they seldom swim anywhere near my blind. I think they would be an excellent confidence adder to my spread.