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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028465 | Fishing lure and method of assembly A fishing lure has a lip, a paddle, and a hook extending rearwardly therefrom. The lip includes a first surface that includes an eyelet extending therefrom. The paddle extends from the lip on a vertical plane during use of the fishing lure, the paddle having opposed... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7963066 | Fishing lure A fishing lure that includes a bait head, bait body and an attachable action lip, where the lure can provide a realistic swimming action or a twitching or jerking motion when used for jigging. The action lip is mounted in a bowed attitude between a bait head rearwar... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7637050 | Fishing lure A fishing lure shaped like a snake that mimics the undulating, swimming action of a snake. It incorporates this original action into an extremely versatile lure specifically designed to be fished on water's surface, under water's surface, diving, bouncing around on ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7337579 | Fishing lure A fishing lure comprises an elongated body with a modified cylindrical shape having a first end, a second end, a bottom portion and a top portion. The fishing lure also includes an eye for attaching a fishing line thereto positioned in a central region of the first ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316095 | Adjustable depth fishing lure An adjustable depth fishing lure has a lure body with forward and tail sections. A diving lip is pivotably attached to the forward section of the body by dual arm members. The diving lip is configured to be adjustably positioned at a plurality of angles in relation ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7284348 | Solid core fishing lure A solid core fishing lure capable of causing a higher degree of disturbance in water is constructed of a generally spherical solid body, a metal shaft through the body, at least two hooks emanating from the metal shaft conforming substantially to the generally spher... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7257921 | Duck decoy anchor A banana shaped weight has a connecting eyelet on a forward end of a top side to which a line is attached to the decoy and a wider tongue member extending from a bottom side beneath the connecting eyelet. A reinforcing rib reacts any forces the tongue member may exp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254916 | Lure A lure has a body (10) provided with a recess (12), forming a decoy and defining a longitudinal axis (AA′), a connecting member (26) inserted into the body (10) via an inner end thereof, and attachable to a line (30) at the other... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7234266 | Adjustable fishing lure and method of manufacturing the lure The present invention provides an adjustable fishing lure that has a flexible body and an integrated bendable stay that lets the user bend the body into a specific shape for the purpose of changing the action of the lure. The body of the lure can be bent and will re... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7197846 | Fishing lure A fishing lure resists flipping over while in fast rough water being fished at different speeds so the person fishing the lure can control the action of the lure to simulate natural bait when fishing at different depths, including close to the bottom. One embodiment... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7140147 | Metal lip jig rig A metal lip jig rig that has a metal lip with raised edges to help the metal lip jig rig sink and wobble when reeled in or let out in water. The metal lip jig rig can be used with a number of fishing lure accessories such as artificial and live bait, feathers, Chena... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7107720 | Diving fishing lures The present invention provides an improved diving fishing lure having a more durable and stable design that is capable of assisting today's fishermen as they target fish at increasingly greater depths and at faster trolling or retrieval speeds. The fishing lure incl... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080476 | Flexible fishing lure tails and appendages Flexible fishing lure tails and appendages having extending or projecting shoulder surfaces to facilitate a simulated swimming action by the drag and eddy principle of water flow. One or more shoulders are provided in the surfaces of the flexible fishing lure tails ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076911 | Soft body covered swimming-jig fishing lure A fishing lure constructed from a swimming jig and a cover for the swimming jig. The cover having a pair of tilted fins which produce a unique fish attracting and catching action as the fishing lure is displaced through water. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7059080 | Fishing lure system A fishing lure system comprising a hard-body lure that exhibits lateral motion when pulled through water, a trailing lure, and a flexible linkage for translating the lateral motion of the hard-body lure to lateral motion of the trailing lure, the flexible linkage ha... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7000346 | Fishing lure A fishing lure for use as a top water lure having a construction of negative buoyancy. The lure has an elongated weighted body resembling a squid with angled channels defined in the top and bottom surfaces of the body. Upon the lure being retrieved by an angler, wat... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6941696 | Fishing lure Lure body (2) comprises of hard portion (8) and soft portion (9), which is made of soft plastic, soft silicon or soft rubber. A portion of the lure body can bend repeatedly, and the hard portion is covered by the soft portion. The hard portion i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931784 | Adjustable depth lure An improved means for adjusting the angle of attack, the angle of the plane of the diving lip to the longitudinal axis of a lure, of a diving lip on a fishing lure, having a body with a longitudinal axis, comprised of a retention spring, a pivot pin, and a series of... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931785 | Simulated turtle fishing lure apparatus A fishing lure apparatus includes a simulated turtle body which includes a simulated turtle bottom portion and a simulated turtle shell portion supported by the simulated turtle bottom portion. Simulated turtle legs are connected to the simulated turtle body. A simu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912808 | Fishing lure A lure comprising: a) a hollow body, made of hard plastic, having a shape approximating the front of a natural fish, and including several ribs with through holes; b) several weights, affixed inside the hollow body; c) a resilient skin, having the shape, texture and... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6820366 | Automatically adjustable fishing lure A fishing lure that is automatically adjustable in order to maintain the lure at an optimum depth in a body of water. The lure has a central processing unit, a sender/receiver, and a depth varying mechanism. In response to signals from the sender/receiver, the centr... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6618979 | Metal lip jig rig A metal lip jig threader device for rigging a flexible plastic bait, frozen bait, cut fresh bait, and live bait having a metal lip with one hook on a leader line in one fluid step. Additional dressing such as feathers, fur or hair can be added to the lure... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6578313 | Fishing lure A fishing lure is disclosed which comprises a body which has a first end which has an externally attached fishing hook positioned thereat. A second opposite end of the body has a thin plate projecting outwardly therefrom in the shape of a circular arc bib... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6546666 | Fishing jig lure A jig-type fishing lure has a weighted lure body holding a gravity-operated switch that controls the energization of an LED for illuminating fiber optic strands extending from the tail end of the lure body in proximity to a fishhook. A heat shrunk tube in... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6484434 | Emergent lip fishing lure A fishing lure comprising a body having a nose, a tail and a horizontal center line. There is an emergent lip of an inverted trapezoidal shape attached to the body. The emergent lip is adjacent to the nose of the body at approximately a 45° angle to the ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6453599 | Fishing lure with sound attraction A fishing lure is disclosed having a body with two sections that move relative to one another. An aft section is connected via a shaft to a fore section and is slidable toward and away from the aft section along the shaft as the lure is pulled through the... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6374535 | Swimming action fishing lure and method A fishing lure comprising a crankbait or similar body member to which both a spinner and a hook are attached, provides the crankbait with a realistic swimming motion. In particular, the spinning of the spinner, coupled with its positioning on the crankbai... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6173522 | Fishing lure having a lateral surface run and method A fishing lure provides a lateral surface run during retrieval by utilizing a generally upright front surface (A) extending across an integral body which floats or is generally of substantially neutral buoyancy. A weight (B) is carried by the lure body to... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6141900 | Flexible oscillating fishing lure system A fishing lure system, having a side to side oscillation, has a highly snag resistant flexible diving lip. A live or artificial bait is impaled on a special tandem two-hook fish hook. The lure may be controlled as to how it descends, front end first, rear... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6061947 | Fishing lure The present invention discloses an apparatus for a fishing lure which can be used in various situations. The body of the lure has a lower flat portion 21 which is elongated and is paddle shaped having the larger portion of the lure 23 oriented toward the ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6041539 | Aerodynamic fishing lure utilizing deflectable lip An aerodynamic fishing lure utilizing an air deflectable lip which enables a swimming lure to be cast for a longer distance and greater accuracy without adding weight, by reducing air resistance and deflection, that are associated with an ordinary rigid n... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041540 | Realistic artificial soft plastic fishing lure A realistic looking and acting soft plastic fishing lure that has realistic details, such as gill plates, and can be used singly or in "schools" where each lure has a great degree of independent movement and contains its own hook. The lure has built-in ey... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5946848 | Fishing lure bib system An exteriorly soft body fishing lure (1) including an internal, insert member (200, 300, 400) to which are integrally attached two eyelets (210A/B, 310A/B, 410A/B) and a bib member (220, 320, 429). The insert is generally flat, having at least in part a t... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5937569 | Ascending fishing lure An ascending fishing lure comprising a conventional fishing lure body with an upwardly-angled bill--the fishing line being attached beneath the bill at a point between the base of the bill and the belly of the lure body--so that tension on the line causes... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5778593 | Diving fishing lure A diving fishing lure disclosed for attaching a bait to a fishing line comprising a lure head having a front aperture for enabling the fishing line to extend therethrough. The lure head has an insert cavity communicating with the front aperture whereas a ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5661921 | Artificial fishing lure with fins An artificial fishing lure, composed of a plastic injection molded body, having hangers for hooks, a bill or lip, a cylindrical body, including a groove encompassing the body just aft of the head, a channel molded into each side beginning on the bill or l... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5600916 | Fishing lure construction An artificial plastic lure has a plastic lure body, one or more plastic hook attachment eyelets integrally formed with the lure body and a line receiving eyelet connected with the lure body near its forward end.... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5566496 | Universal crank bait lure A universal crank bait lure including a rigid body portion that has a head end and at least one hook attached thereto. Included are a plurality of interchangeable, rigid bill inserts each having a back end with a locking tab. The locking tab is positionab... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5560143 | Fishing plug with action modifier and method A conventional fishing plug is provided including an elongated body having front and rear ends and wherein at least one of the body ends includes an anchor eye projecting outwardly therefrom. A drag plate having a thin central portion is also provided wit... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5546694 | Simulated crab lure A lure for attracting and engaging a fish. The inventive device includes a main body shaped so as to resemble a crab. A bill extends from a forward end of the body for hydrodynamically biasing the body in response to movement of the lure. A keel extends f... | 08/20/1996 |
