RE: knoted up decoys
texas rig them. use a carbiner. it's super fast to put them out and pick up. one time after sunset, 3 of us picked up around 80 dekes in 7 minutes. we weren't trying to set a record or anything, we just knew when sunset was, and when it was sunset, we all unloaded our guns. once the dekes were in the boat and i was starting my motor, one guy looked back at his watch and said "it only took 7 minutes to pick up the dekes".
i think he was lieing. it seemed more like 5.