1423 results about "Fishing lure" patented technology

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 coloration of the front of a natural fish and an eye sockets, adhered around the hollow body, around the ribs and through the through holes; d) a resilient tail having the shape, texture and coloration of the tail of a natural fish, integral with the resilient skin; the resilient tail including approximately vertical slits; e) a diving bill affixed to the hollow body just below the nose and protruding through the skin; f) a reflective eye attached to the hollow body within the eye socket; g) a line eye hook, affixed to the hollow body at the nose and protruding through the skin; and h) a fish hook eye hook, affixed to the hollow body underneath and protruding through the skin).

A fishing lure made of soft flexible material. The various shapes of the lure resemble fish, bait, squid, lizards, crayfish, jig trailers, swimbaits, reapers, jerk baits, and other shapes. The tail portion of the fish shaped lure normally has a paddle type tail, which when pulled through the water moves horizontally from side to side, imitating the swimming action of fish. These fish lures are often called swimbaits or paddle tails. The lure has a piece of reflective foil, larger than the size of glitter common to prior art, placed on the surface of the lure or within the lure. The reflective strip normally has a holographic design pattern, such as fish scales or other patterns.

A light emitting fishing lure has a hollow body encompassing a multiple emission color light source and / or an ultraviolet LED light source. A light pipe is provided to transmit emission from the internal light source to the exterior of the lure. A regularly changing color emission is found to be attractive to fish during at least part of the color change cycle. Ultraviolet light emission operates to charge a phosphor decorating the lure body after ultraviolet light emission has ceased.

PCT No. PCT / JP98 / 00159 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 2, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 2, 1998 PCT Filed Jan. 16, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98 / 31218 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 1998It is an object of the present invention to provide a lure (A) which does not require batteries to be changed, and a lure (B) wherein the changing of batteries has been simplified. Lure (A) is structured in such a manner that a solar battery (10) housed within a fish-shaped case (1) serves to charge a secondary battery (11), thus rendering it unnecessary to change batteries. Meanwhile, lure (B) is structured in such a manner that a lid unit (23) holding a battery (24) and a light-emitting body (25) can be inserted into and released from an aperture within a fish-shaped case (21), it being possible to remove the battery (24) when the lid unit (23) is released, thus permitting the easy changing of batteries without the need for exaggerated action and without any risk of injuring the fingers on hooks (5). These lures are structured such as to have an illuminated band stretching from either side of the head, which is shaped in imitation of a fish, towards the underside, and thus facilitate improved efficacy in luring fish by means of a light-emitting lure.

A fishing lure includes a transparent lure body having one or more optical windows that operate as lenses for one or more digital cameras mounted within the transparent lure body. The transparent lure body is shaped like a fish, and the optical windows / digital cameras are located at positions that correspond with the eyes of the fish. Annular eye pieces can be mounted over the optical windows to enhance the appearance of the lure. A reflective shroud, patterned to imitate the body surface of a fish, is mounted within the transparent lure body. Light emitting devices within the transparent lure body can be controlled to emit different colored light through the transparent lure body. Detachable bills / fins can be coupled to the transparent lure body to control the movement of the fishing lure through the water.

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 sections are a plurality of buoyancy windows, one set of which will coincidentally overlie the other set of buoyancy windows as the fore chamber section is rotationally moved in regard to the aft chamber section. By changing the rotational placement of the two sections, valve aperture openings are produced that regulate the air to water ratio within the fish lure, thereby controlling its buoyancy. Additional fish attractors, hooks and illuminators can be added to the fishing lure.

A fishing pole holder and fish hooker (10) generally comprises a sleeve (20) for holding a fishing pole (100), a pivot (70) pivotally attaching sleeve (20) to a base (30), a biasing assembly (80), a latch (90), a tether (75) for retaining pole (100) in sleeve (20) and a support (40). The biasing assembly (80) includes a plurality of attachment points (89) for spring (81) to adjust spring bias to compensate for different pole weights. A plurality of supports (45,55,60,64) simultaneously attach to base (30) so as to be conveniently available for any fishing environment.

The invention provides a water surface floating cleaner with a floating type fishing transportation structure. The floating cleaner comprises a cleaner body, a floating cylinder installed at the bottom of the cleaner body, a wind power driving device which is arranged at the stern and comprises two fans, a fishing device which is arranged on the bow and comprises two fishing plates arranged at thetwo ends of the bow, a transporting device which is installed on the cleaner body and comprises a conveying caterpillar band and a plurality of comb-shaped partition plates arranged on the conveyingcaterpillar, and a garbage collecting bin arranged on the cleaner body and located below the output end of the transporting device, wherein the rotating speeds of the two fans can be adjusted independently; a fishing region is formed between the two fishing plates, the width of the opening of the fishing region is adjustable, the input end of the transporting device stretches into the fishing region, and the output end of the transporting device is lifted to the portion above the cleaner body through a support. The water surface floating cleaner has the advantages of being high in practicability, convenient to operate and high in automatic degree, and can better achieve the purpose of water surface floating garbage cleaning inside small and medium size lakes, small ponds and the like.

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 onto the head of a lure and include a front face for creating action. The front face may include a number of configurations such as, but not limited to, an angled surface, a concave surface, and others.

An apparatus that organizes, stores, and transports fishing lures comprising a series of vertical dividers as would be found in a filing cabinet each having a perforated panel that allows the fishing lure and hook to be hung is herein disclosed. In such a manner, the fishermen can organize their fishing lures by style, size, or class and remove the respective panel from the dividers to select the appropriate lure. This storage method allows lures to be stored with the hooks attached while reducing the chance of the hooks and lures from becoming entangled. The storage box also comprises a top handle for transportation.

A fishing lure, comprising a weighted head to which a hook, spinner and weed guard are attached, and three cutouts made of a flexible, absorbent material that are wrapped and tied around a load collar or extension from the head. The cutouts will make the lure resemble a bait fish such as is eaten by the fish that the user wants to catch. The cutouts may be decorated with beads, feathers and paint, to increase the resemblance to bait fish. The wiggling motion of the jig as it is pulled through the water and the rotation of the spinner will attract fish. Scent may be absorbed and released by the cutouts to further attract fish. The head is preferably made from lead, and the cutouts are preferably made from a microfiber fabric. A first preferred embodiment is called the “switch back”, and a second preferred embodiment is called the “pop”.

A segmented fishing lure is provided that is reinforced at the joints by a reinforcement material. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a reinforced segmented lure. The segmented fishing lure is capable of swimming in a life-like manner while being retrieved or trolled. The segmented fishing lure is resistant to tearing along the joints of the lure body because of the reinforcement material. However, the segmented fishing lure remains soft and flexible, especially at the joints of the segments. In one exemplary embodiment, the reinforcement material is woven out of reflective polyester strands.

Fishing lures constructed with internal strands of high tensile strength fibers (e.g. aramid) bonded to body pieces independent of any associated hooks. The strands are trained in appropriate alignments (e.g. longitudinally, transverse and / or radially) at high wear areas to enhance flexion and minimize tearing, especially at spanned joints. The fibers can be bonded into the body materials or anchored to the body pieces. Several soft plastic (e.g. plastisol and pvc) lures molded with resilient, durable stranded and webbed fibers enhancing durability and defining flexible joints, appendages etc. are disclosed.

The present invention broadly comprises an electronic fishing lure, including a programmable microcontroller, a digital switch to control said microcontroller, a constant current, constant voltage recharge circuit with a lithium-ion rechargeable battery, a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and an audio output device. The LEDs and audio device are connected to the microcontroller and the microcontroller activates the lights and audio device according to a software program stored in the microcontroller.

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 provides a spoon-shaped body having a hook extending from the rear of the body. A shank assembly is slidably disposed through the body. Another embodiment provides a spoon-shaped body having a hook extending from the rear of the body. A shank assembly is slidably disposed through the body with spinning blades attached to the upper and lower ends of the shank assembly.

The present invention described various embodiments of underwater digital video camera and recorder (DVC / R) devices and associated methods for capturing and storing images and video of fish responding to artificial, live or dead bait. The DVC / R device may be in the form of a fishing lure, an in-line device, a float or other configuration. The DVC / R device may continually capture underwater video while the angler is fishing, and continuously store the video in memory (e.g., FIFO protocol) for subsequent review by the angler.

A flexible fishing lure is provided that includes a outer shape having a transverse opening for receiving a plurality of alternatively formed lure fin members allowing a user to change the action of a lure by fin selection without replacing the lure. Multiple internal channels within the lure are adaptively provided for receiving a variety of scent sticks, sound generators, light generators, flavor generating means. Flow internal channels extend from a front opening to gill openings allowing a water flow along an inserted scent or flavor stick member to pass through the lure body and exit proximate fin, nair, belly, or other locations simulating an injured or wounded fish leaking bodily fluids or blood. Other features to simulate wounded features. Replacement fins and weighting constructions allow a user to tailor a weight and action enabling a circling or injured motion during retrieval. The lure includes a flexible holographic-type attractive film and physical shape having a level-maintaining physical shape.

A fishing lure combination having a spoon 6 with a leading region 17, a disturbance-creating attachment lug 16 extending from a surface 19 associated with the leading region 17, and trailing fronds 14 that are secured via a shaft 12 to the attachment lug 16. The trailing fronds 14 are agitated by turbulent fluid flow downstream of the attachment lug 16.

Surface treatment for fishing lures and sinkers is disclosed. The surface treatment can exist in a number of configurations, including holes, slots, grooves, or other details. The details have a cross section that allow them to be easily cleaned with a stick, branch, sand or other items that can be found near a lake or stream. The surface treatment allows a person to manually apply fish attractant to the outer surface of the fishing lure, and some of the fish attractant will embed into the surface treatment area providing retention of the fish attractant. In use the fish attractant will be washed from the surface treatment as the lure is moved through the water. The surface treatment can be incorporated into nearly any type of rigid or pliable fishing lure or sinker.

A scent-dispensing device that dispenses scent while the device is pulled through water comprises a cylinder of uniform diameter with a first end and a second end A piston is movably positioned within the cylinder, such that when the body is pulled through the water, water enters the first end of the cylinder and causes movement of the piston toward the second end of the cylinder. As the piston moves toward the second end of the cylinder, scent is forced through the second aperture and into the ambient environment.

A fishing lure oscillator, comprising a bent, oblonged, essentially elliptical foil having relatively uniform thickness. Near one end of the foil, a connection is made to an appendage, and near the opposite end of the foil a connection is made to another appendage. Both appendages, serving as a framing device to support the foil, originate from a common base which is adapted to be joined with a fishing lure. When joined with a lure and pulled through a body of water, an outwardly contoured portion of the foil is disposed directly against the flow of water whereby the force of water against the resisting face of the foil causes the foil to pivot freely within the framing device, thus transferring the resulting oscillation to the lure for the purpose of attracting and catching fish.

A motor operated fishing reel comprising a base frame chassis. A bracket attaches the base frame chassis to a soft cushion rubber grip handle of a fishing rod having a detachable wrist strap. A spool is mounted in a rotatable manner within the base frame chassis. A fishing line is wound upon the spool and extends from a forward end of the base frame chassis. A crank handle assembly is mounted on one side of the base frame chassis for manually rotating the spool. An electric drive unit within the base frame chassis is for electrically rotating the spool. A drag control structure is for providing drag on the fishing line to catch a fish.

A fishing lure including a printed circuit board (PCB), a frame coupled to the PCB, and a foam body formed within the frame, wherein the foam body substantially surrounds the PCB. Different polycarbonate outer shells may be attached the frame to alter the appearance of the 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 to the lure body by a control element located within the forward section. The control element has a plurality of slots into which the diving lip can be set. A push tab extends from the element. A spring is positioned between a front wall of the forward section and the control element. The spring applies a compressive force against the control element, which biases the element against the diving lip to maintain it in one of the plurality of slots. When the control element's tab is pushed, the element travels inward into the forward section, which releases the pressure on the diving lip, allowing it to be repositioned into another of the slots. Through-openings within the lure body allow for free and independent movement of fishing line through the lure. The forward and tail sections can be separate, independent elements which are pivotably connected to oscillate as the lure is drawn through the water, to further attract fish.

A fishing lure assembly is disclosed which comprises a blade free to oscillate, yaw and produce a trailing wake as the fishing lure assembly is displaced through water. A weight is affixed to the fishing lure assembly, but inferiorly disposed such that the blade is free to oscillate and have a yaw divergence which is substantially unaffected by inertia of the weight. The fishing lure may be variably constructed to include one or more hooks and soft bait and hard bait bodies which are disposed to follow behind in the trailing wake. In one embodiment, a float is added to the lure assembly. In another embodiment, a combination of a frame and blade is disclosed, the blade being flexible and resilient and affixed to the frame such that the blade is securably affixed but replaceable in a fishing environment.

A snagless, artificial fishing lure body 10, with a collar 30 and attached pectoral appendages 34 providing added action, and with a snag guard 16 and top-mounted hook 18 configuration to provide weedless and / or snagless operation. Composed of a wood, metal or plastic, injection molded body, and in the fishing lure classes of crankbait, jerkbait, stickbait, topwater or minnowbait or other names used for these types of generally, diving lures. The preferred embodiment of the lure body 10, a crankbait, possesses a channel 12 encircling the lure body 10, and in which the removable collar 30 with protruding appendages 34 resides during use. The preferred embodiment of the snag guard 16 is comprised of stainless steel, and the top-mounted hook 18 is in a single hook configuration.

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.