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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356963 | Fish lure A fish lure includes a soft, fish-shaped body including forward and aft body segments connected by an integrally-formed vertical hinge. A buoyancy-controlling insert is concealed inside the forward body segment. The vertical hinge includes a pair of vertical grooves... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322147 | Fishing device A fishing device includes a casing and a main spring positioned therein. A trigger spring is also positioned in the housing and a plate is interconnected to adjacent ends of the two springs. The device includes a primary latch operatively coupled to the casing and m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7254917 | Fishing lure This fishing invention applies a kinetic energy-storing device along a fishing line to provide additional resistance to short-term stress applied to the line when the fish is tugging. The kinetic energy-storing device reduces occurrences of fishing line breakage, al... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7114284 | Joint type minnow A joint type minnow having a body which is formed so as to imitate a bait fish and divided into a main body portion and a tail portion so that the main body portion and the tail portion are mutually swingably joined to each other through a latch structure, is furthe... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107718 | Fishing jig apparatus Fishing jig apparatus, comprising a lure body, a hook having a stem, and a flexible strand connecting the stem to the lure body, the stem having a portion terminating at a barb, and a clip on the body to releasably retain said portion, whereby during travel of the l... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7036264 | Fishing lure with oscillating and bubbling action A fishing lure is made with an interior channel communicating with a front opening to and to a pattern of apertures in the rear. The motion of the lure, rising from, and diving into the water, traps an air pocket which is forced out the rear apertures in a stream of... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6931783 | Fishing lure with concealed hook A non-fouling fishing lure having a body in or to which at least one hook is pivotally mounted but is normally concealed within or adjacent the body. The shank of the hook is adapted to be connected to a fishing line and the hook is normally engaged by a retaining c... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922938 | Fishing lure A fishing lure configured to simulate a squid. It has an elongated body member that tapers at its front end and has a front ring for attachment to a fishing line. An elongated head member is connected to the front end of the body member by structure that allows the ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922939 | Fishing lure A fishing lure having a head portion, a body portion and a tail portion, the fishing lure defining an internal chamber having a first opening in the head portion and a second opening in the body portion; the first opening configured to allow fishing line to be inser... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910295 | Free-bending lure A bendable lure including a lure main body that is formed by insert molding and is composed of a plurality of segments, which are disposed spacedly in a direction of the axis or length of the main body, and a flexible core member, which passes through the plurality ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6722079 | Fishing lure with snag release A system for use with fishing lures that allows partial release of the lure upon becoming snagged. The lure is attached to a fishing line at a head end and by way of a line extension leader at a hook end. The line extension comprises a heavy gauge leader extending t... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6662487 | Artificial fishing lure with resilient core Artificial fishing lure which has a flexible resilient core (10) surrounded by an elongated flexible body (12). One or more hooks (18) are installed in the core (10) substantially perpendicular to core (10) by way of apertures (24a) and (24b). The core (1... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6493983 | Fishing device The present invention is an improvement in spring tensioned double hook fishing devices, generally comprising a spoon having a spring tensioned double hook slidably mounted onto a longitudinal slot extending through the spoon. The double hook is comprised... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6199313 | Mechanical clicking weight The weight has a sound chamber and a tail section. The sound chamber embodies a plunger stem, a plunger seat, a flexible reed or spring biased balls and a compression spring. The tail section embodies a tail canal and an amplifier which forms a venture ha... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6105299 | Automated fishhook tackle system Improvements in automatic fishhook setting devices. An automated fishhook tackle system comprising a fishing line, a hooking device and a fishhook setting device. The fishhook setting device includes a cylindrical housing with a barrel and a bore extendin... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105303 | Fishing lure A weedless fishing lure that does not have an exposed hook until a sufficient tension is placed on the line. The lure comprises a body having an aperture therethrough and at least one channel. A fishing line extends through the aperture and is attached to... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6094854 | Fishing lure with spring-loaded rotatable and translatable hooks A fishing lure comprises a body including a first portion and a second portion relatively movable to the first portion; and the second portion is movable in a direction opposite to the direction of the first portion. The fishing lure body may include a lo... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5950347 | Self-setting fishing lure In order to increase the ability to catch a fish, a self-setting fishing lure includes a body having a forward end and a rear end and having an opening in the rear end leading to a hollow interior region. The self-setting fishing lure includes a coil spri... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5924236 | Fishing lure with magnetically actuated parts A fish lure containing one or more magnets that are arranged to respond to motion through surrounding water to generate an undulating magnetic field wherein the field itself attracts fish and/or the magnets is an array where interaction between the magnet... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915944 | Fishing lure A simulative fishing lure for attracting and catching fish who prey on lobsters. The fishing lure is comprised of a fishing jig removably retained by a body cavity within a resiliently deformable simulative lobster body. A preferred fishing jig is compris... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5887377 | Fishing lure A fishing lure comprising a lure body having a connector for connecting a fishing line to the lure body and at least one hook device including a hook shank with associated attachment device and at least one hook tip shaft with associated barb equipped tip... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5832654 | Self-setting fishing lure In order to increase the ability to catch a fish, a self-setting fishing lure includes a body having a forward end and a rear end and having an opening in the rear end leading to a hollow interior region. The self-setting fishing lure includes a coil spri... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5826367 | Fishing lure, and a rod and fish hook assembly therefor A plastic, pliantly limber grub, which comprises the body of the lure has a fish hook and a separate rod set therewithin, and terminations of the hook and the rod have tethering, filamentary material commonly coupled thereto. The coupled terminations are ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5806233 | Lost-motion fishing lure The body of a fishing lure has a rod extending therefrom to which is tethered, by fishing line, a fishing hook. The body has an elastomeric band thereabout, and the shank of the hook and the rod-to-hook fishing line are stowed within the band in a set up,... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5205062 | Fish lure A fish lure which will not pierce the body of and injure a fish. The lure includes at least one contact surface which is shaped and dimensioned to distribute a force having a selected magnitude over the body of a fish such that the contact surface and the... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5142810 | Artificial lure An artificial lure has a main body, a rod with a hook, and a preserve element located between the main body and the rod and formed so that it does not change during throwing the lure in manipulation in water, but then in response to setting a hook by a fi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5054227 | Loosener The invention is directed to a device which permits the automatic release of a plummet or sinker when snagged during fishing and permits a connecting line for a fish hook that simultaneously produces a baffling function. The invention consists of an assem... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5010679 | Fishing lure and fish hook A pivot system used in a weedless fishing lure enables the barbed point to be exposed only when a fish strikes the lure. The hook eye is restrained by a resilient band, such as an elastic band, on the outside of the lure. Alternatively, the hook is contai... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4920685 | Fishing spinner A fishing spinner, comprising a body and a hook attached to the rear part of the body. Means are provided for holding the hook in a retracted position underneath of the body during its displacement in water. Means may be provided for preventing weed, vege... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4881339 | Method of and apparatus for fishing with a backwards hook A weedless artificial fishing lure and method of fishing has a lure body, a floppy mounted hook, and a resiliently flexible hook holder mounted to the body, the hook holder has structure for normally holding the hook backwards as the lure is pulled throug... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4878310 | Magnetic fishing bait and method Magnetism is used to reduce the tendency of a fish hook to snag. A magnet may be attached to a fishing rig, or part of the rig or a hook may be magnetized, so as to attract a movable hook to a relatively shielded position in contact with the rig where the... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4823503 | Fish hook positioner and release A device used to increase the productivity of a solid body fishing lure by positioning the hook or hooks properly for optimum hook setting and then releasing the hook or hooks to pivot normally for optimum fish holding during the ensuing fight. Another be... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4574518 | Fishing clip An outrigger or downrigger fishing clip comprises a U-shaped arm pivoted to a body to define a cavity between the arm and body in which is positioned a roller journaled in the arm so that a fishing line extending through the clip between the arm and body ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574516 | Fishing clip An outrigger or downrigger fishing clip comprises a U-shaped arm pivoted to a body to define a cavity between the arm and body in which is positioned a roller journaled in the arm so that a fishing line extending through the clip between the arm and body ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4525948 | Fishing lure arrangement A fishing lure has an internal longitudinal cavity that normally received the stems and eyelet segment of a composite multi-hook. The bowed hooks project externally of the lure body. An abutment is placed at the external opening of the cavity, the abutmen... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4455780 | Expandable fishing lure An expandable fishing lure comprises a flexible body with an interior cavity. A resiliently biased pair of members within the cavity expands the body when released from a contracted position. A pin secures the members together in the contracted position a... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4428142 | Outrigger fishing clip An outrigger fishing clip comprises a U-shaped arm pivoted to a body to define a cavity between the arm and body in which is positioned one side of a roller journaled in the arm so that a fishing line extending through the clip between the arm and body ri... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4161078 | Fishing line submerging device A fishing line submerging device having a diving fin which will cause the device to run at a selected depth but which fin releases, upon a strike by the fish, to present a minimum of hydrodynamic resistance to the fishing line, regardless of whether the l... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4038773 | Fishing lure A plug lure attachable to a fishing line which when in contact with water produces ripples and noises simulating live bait to attract fish.... | 08/02/1977 |
