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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146288 | Steerable fishing lure A fishing lure that includes an adjustable head member statically coupleable in a first and second position, about an axis of rotation, to a body member. The body member has a vertical centerline plane. The adjustable head comprises a steering bill member projecting... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8028464 | Customizable fishing lure system and accompanying apparatus A customized fishing lure system having a lip, leading portion, trailing portion, body portion, a hook and connection mechanism. The lip being adapted to provide resistance when said fishing lure is moved within water. The leading portion being positioned towards th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7743550 | Fish lure with vortex tail A system for fishing using one of a plurality of rates of fall. Each of the rates of fall provides a different depth for delay between a cast and retrieval. The system includes a plurality of swim bait fishing lures. Each of the swim bait fishing lures includes an e... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7497045 | Fishing weight system and method A weighting material for use with fishing tackle includes a gel base material and a distributed tungsten filler material suspended in the gel base material. The weighting material can be applied to a fishing tackle article to provide weighting. ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7380366 | Bobber-planer for slow trolling A trolling device comprising an elongated body, an adjustable planar guide fin, and an adjustable rudder. The guide fin and rudder are adjusted to optimize trolling performance on either the port or starboard side of a boat. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7353633 | Spring augmented fishhook A spring augmented fishhook comprising a hook member with an eye on a first end of an elongate leg portion and a hook on a second end of the leg portion, a coil spring having a diameter smaller than the eye and forming a spring channel longitudinal through its cente... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7325357 | Acoustical fishing lure An improved fishing lure which produces, transmits and modulates high frequency vibrations. The high frequency tone wire vibration is actuated upon impact of a striker against the wall of an essentially watertight housing. As the striker oscillates within the housin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310906 | Adjustable rattle fishing lure A fishing lure having a rattling assembly for attracting fish, wherein the sound of the rattling assembly is adjustable. The rattling assembly includes a rattle member and a rod member positioned inside a cavity defined in the body of the fishing lure. The rod membe... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310905 | Controllable fishing lure The present invention relates to a controllable fishing lure. The lure is remotely controlled by the angler by a radio control transmitter on the fishing rod or proximate thereto. The lure can be steered by depressing buttons on the radio control transmitter. The de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7263798 | Removable head for a fishing lure A removable head for a fishing lure for changing the action of the fishing lure. The removable head may convert a lure, such as, but not limited to, a soft-bodied lure, into a diving lure, a rising lure, a chugger, a popper, or others. The removable head may slide o... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7174669 | Fishing lure with bait cavity Apparatus 10 discloses a reusable, washable split cavity fishing lure having a “banana-like” shape that assembles and disassembles by means of snap counter parts 28 and surgical tubing 20. The lure 10 encompasses a hollow cavity 32... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162829 | Fishing device Embodiments of the present invention include a number of fishing devices. One embodiment of a fishing device includes a device assembly and an elongate rail. The device assembly includes an elongate body having an exterior surface. The elongate rail includes a first... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7028430 | Variable weight diamond jig fishing lure The variable weight diamond jig fishing lure has a jig body with an elongated diamond shape, having a greater length than width, with eyes formed into the opposing longitudinal ends for attachment to a fishing line and a fishhook, respectively. The jig body is forme... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6993866 | Fishing bait rig attachment apparatus with rotating rattle A rotating rattle attachment for a fishing bait rig includes a generally conical hollow body member, a lead line tube axially disposed within the body member, and one or more chambers defined by the body member and the lead line tube. Each chamber contains one or mo... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966141 | Ballistic fishing lure with pontoons A fishing lure includes a main body member. A cap is sealingly fixed to a aft end of the main body member. A slider tube is telescopingly engaged with the main body member extends forwardly away from main body member against the force of a cylindrical coil spring wi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948274 | Adjustable-depth crankbait fishing lure A fishing lure includes a body with first and second opposed sides, a first member rotatably carried by the body and having first and second end portions disposed adjacent the respective sides of the body, a fin carried by each of the terminal end portions of the fi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6935208 | Bottle opener resembling a diving lure A bottle opener comprises a fish-shaped body with a loop-type bottle cap remover depending from the mouth of the fish-shaped body such that the bottle opener resembles a diving lure, which is particularly attractive to fishermen. Alternatively, the fish-shaped body ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6904712 | Variable weight diamond jig fishing lure The variable weight diamond jig fishing lure has a jig body with an elongated diamond shape, having a greater length than width, with eyes formed into the opposing longitudinal ends for attachment to a fishing line and a fishhook, respectively. The jig body is forme... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6836997 | Adjustable buoyancy floating fish lure A floating fishing lure having the capability to adjust the buoyancy of the fish lure with a high degree of precision, such that the fish lure has fore and aft chamber sections connected and held together by an attaching means. Disposed on each fore and aft chamber ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6807766 | Electronic programmable fishing lure A fishing lure or decoy is provided, the lure having a casement for receiving an electronic insert. The insert is operated by a microcontroller programmed to implement at least one sequence of operation implemented by at least one of a LED light emitter, a vibration... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804910 | Adjustable-depth crankbait fishing lure An adjustable-depth crankbait fishing lure for use in catching fish at user-selectable depths. The crankbait fishing lure is made of a buoyant yet hard body having the shape and general appearance of a bait fish. Attached to the body are at least one fish hook and a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6658784 | Fishing lure A fishing lure capable of numerous operations to attract fish including a keel with a base platform at one end and an upper body at the other end. Forward fins are mounted on the upper body and a plurality of openings for tow points are provided. A tail r... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6609326 | Fishing lure with movable weight system A fishing lure with a movable weight system is provided to allow the angler to change the center of gravity of the lure depending upon whether the angler is casting or retrieving.... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6536365 | Shock-mitigating nose for underwater vehicles A flexible nose assembly for an underwater vehicle provides increased energy-absorbing capabilities and facilitates recovery and handling of the vehicle. The flexible nose assembly includes a flexible nose cap, at least one retrieval device, and at least ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6510646 | Variable buoyancy natural bait cast fishing lure A fishing lure is described containing a cast of a natural bait encased in a castable transparent material designed in hydrodynamically correct shapes and to operate at different depths by utilizing an adjustable buoyancy device. A cast of a natural bait ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6430867 | Directionally controllable fishing lure A directionally controllable fishing lure enables an angler to cast the lure to a desired area, with the lure traveling an arcuate path to the left or right upon retrieval. The direction of turn is determined by the angler, depending upon the rigging of t... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6226917 | Fishing lure system A fishing lure having a wire frame forming a receptacle which releasably receives and holds an elongated insert. The wire frame includes a first end and a second end. In one embodiment, the lure also includes an end cap having a cavity for releasably rece... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6131328 | Artificial lure arrangement for sport fishing An artificial lure arrangement for sport fishing. The artificial lure has a basic body that can be secured to a fishing line. The basic body can be shaped in approximately the shape of a fish, or can be configured in imitation of a fish head. A paddle may... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122854 | Controlled movement fishing lure A fishing lure whose direction of travel is controllable which includes a main body with hooks attached. The fishing line attaches to the lure through an eyelet connected to an activator shaft. When the fishing line is jerked by the user the activator sha... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6115957 | Fishing lure A fishing lure for attracting fish to a fishing line. The inventive device includes a body member having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides. A wing member is coupled to the body member with one of the ends of the wing member outwardly e... | 09/12/2000 |
