Fishing jig
AssigneeHookup Baits, Inc.
InventorChad Gierlich
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Abstract
A fishing jig is disclosed. The fishing jig includes a semitransparent skirt having a generally tubular body that extends between a closed head end and a tail end that includes an opening. A channel is formed within the tubular body and extends from the opening toward the head end. The fishing jig also includes a jig head positioned within the channel of the skirt and at least partially visible through the skirt. The jig head may include a body having a first side and a second side, an eye positioned on each of the first side and the second side, the eyes being visible through the skirt, and a hook that extends from the body and through the opening in the skirt. The fishing jig may mimic the look and motion of bait fish.
Claims12
A fishing jig, comprising:
- a semitransparent skirt having:
- a generally tubular body that extends along a longitudinal axis between a closed head end and a tail end, the tubular body including:
- an opening positioned on a top portion of the tubular body, the opening extending from a proximal end on the top portion to a distal end at a tip at the rearmost portion of the tubular body, the tip positioned on a bottom portion of the tubular body,
- a taper extending along the length of the opening from a taper start point on the top portion of the tubular body to the tip, and
- a slit extending from a slit stop point on the bottom portion of the tubular body to the tip, the slit positioned on the bottom portion of the tubular body that splits the tail end into two split tail portions,
- wherein the distance between the taper start point and the closed head end is shorter than the distance between the slit stop point and the closed head end,
- wherein the distance between the proximal end of the opening and the closed head end is shorter than the distance between the slit stop point and the closed head end,
- wherein the opening, the taper, and the slit meet at the tip of the tubular body, and
- a channel formed within the tubular body that extends along the longitudinal axis from the opening through the tubular body at least partway toward the head end;
- and
- a jig head positioned within the channel and proximal to the head end, the jig head including a hook that extends from the tubular body and through the opening.
A fishing jig system, comprising:
- a semitransparent skirt having:
- a generally tubular body that extends along a longitudinal axis between a closed head end and a tail end, the tubular body including:
- an opening positioned on a top portion of the tubular body, the opening extending from a proximal end on the top portion to a distal end at a tip at the rearmost portion of the tubular body, the tip positioned on a bottom portion of the tubular body,
- a taper extending along the length of the opening from a taper start point on the top portion of the tubular body to the tip, and
- a slit extending from a slit stop point on the bottom portion of the tubular body to the tip, the slit positioned on the bottom portion of the tubular body that splits the tail end into two split tail portions,
- wherein the distance between the taper start point and the closed head end is shorter than the distance between the slit stop point and the closed head end,
- wherein the distance between the proximal end of the opening and the closed head end is shorter than the distance between the slit stop point and the closed head end,
- wherein the opening, the taper, and the slit meet at the tip of the tubular body;
- and
- a channel formed within the tubular body that extends from the opening along the longitudinal axis from the opening through the tubular body at least partway toward the head end;
- wherein the skirt is configured to receive a jig head including eyes within the channel such that the eyes are visible through the semitransparent skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.