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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3997996 | Method of baiting hooks and apparatus for carrying out the method Method for baiting hooks secured to a line by means of a snood, in a baiting apparatus to ensure baiting of each hook when pulled through a hook guide and past a bait holder. Prior to hooking the hook into the bait piece the inside of the hook curve is br... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3976413 | Adjustable fish bait forming device An adjustable fish bait forming device is disclosed having a body, a pusher, a tip, an adjusting screw, an adjustment knob, the same being assembled in sequential order of tip and body, pusher within the body, an adjustment knob being at the end of the bo... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3975853 | Worm holder A worm holder comprising an elongated open-ended flexible transparent tube with a side opening and a slot extending from one end of the tube to the side opening. A plurality of slits are formed radially about the tube to cause the tube to be more compress... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3973349 | Fishing lure with temperature sensing and thermostatically controlled depth selection and guidance means An artificial fishing lure having temperature sensing and thermostatically controlled depth selection and guidance means adapted to cause said lure to seek and hold a pre-determined thermal stratum in a body of water where fish of a selected species may b... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3968585 | Device for opening leader snaps A thimble-like member worn on the thumb of the hand of a fisherman has a wedge-like member approximating a finger nail extending therefrom. The wedge-like member has spaced notches formed therein and extending from the edge thereof to receive and manipula... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3964201 | Fish bait device and method A device and method for baiting fishhooks wherein a tubular member receives a quantity of fish bait having a dough-like consistency to provide a plug, a fishhook being inserted into said plug and thereafter a plunger on said tubular member being actuated ... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3964204 | Container and dispenser for fish bait An enclosure is provided with an openable cover and has an elongate rotatable shaft extending therethrough. An arm extending radially from the shaft is shaped to engage fish bait within the enclosure and lift the bait through an aperture in the cover in r... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3962815 | Storage container for spools of fishing line A box-like container for storing spools of fishing line, in which replacement fishing line is readily unwound in a selected length through a cooperating dispensing opening in the container wall. Unwinding rotation of the spool is achieved by journalling t... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3958356 | Enclosed minnow dipper with automatic access door A dipper for minnows has a cup portion in the shape of a cage-like pentahedral prism of transparent plastic material and is fitted with a normally closed flotation-actuated access door on the rear wall. The forward panel and the rear wall of the enclosure... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3949510 | Device for retrieving minnows A device for retrieving minnows individually from a minnow bucket includes a handle and a tubular trap pivotally connected to the handle. The interior of the trap is large enough to accommodate only one minnow, and one of its ends is open so that a minnow... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3938132 | Illuminated fishing tackle box An illuminated fishing tackle box which includes an opened topped base portion of generally right parallelepiped configuration, a lid hingedly connected to one side of the base portion and forming a closure for the open top of the base portion, and a ligh... | 02/10/1976 |
