Fish hook with bait and fish retention features

A fish hook in the form of a wire comprising a shank section having an eyelet, a bend section, a front length section including and terminating at a first point, and an offset section positioned between the front length section and the bend section, wherein:

• the shank section is defined by a first portion of the fish hook extending between the bend section and the eyelet;
• the front length section is defined by a second portion of the fish hook extending from the offset section to the first point and the first portion of the hook from the bend section to the eyelet and the second portion of the hook from the offset section to the first point are oriented in a similar direction, and the front length section includes a barb extending from the front length section into a region defined by the front length section, bend section and shank section;
• the offset section includes a first turn in the wire and a second turn in the wire to form an offset segment of the offset section between the first and second turns in the wire and the offset segment is free of a protrusion extending from a surface of the offset segment;
• the bend section having a bottom and a first radius of curvature at a position adjacent to the first turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment and the front length section has a second radius of curvature at a position adjacent to the second turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment;
• the offset segment creates an offset that offsets the front length section from the bend section such that a first projection of the bend section and front length section without the offset would be substantially parallel to but not collinear with the bend section and front length section with the offset;
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• the fishing hook is free of a second offset section that returns the wire of the hook to a position collinear or substantially collinear with the first projection of the bend section,
• wherein at least one of the first and second turns in the wire is positioned below a line bisecting a midpoint of a projected circle which is congruent with the bend section, the line bisecting the midpoint of the circle being parallel to a line tangent to the bottom of the bend, and
• wherein the barb terminates at a second point, and the second point is positioned between the front length section and the shank section and is not positioned between the offset segment and the bend section.

A fish hook in the form of a wire comprising a shank section, a bend section, a front length section including and terminating at a first point, and an offset section positioned between the front length section and the bend section, wherein:

• the front length section includes a barb extending from the front length section into a region defined by the front length section, bend section and shank section;
• the offset section includes a first turn in the wire and a second turn in the wire to form an offset segment of the offset section between the first and second turns in the wire and the offset segment is free of a protrusion extending from a surface of the offset segment;
• the bend section having a bottom and a first radius of curvature at a position adjacent to the first turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment and the front length section has a second radius of curvature at a position adjacent to the second turn in the wire at a location that is not within the offset segment;
• the offset segment creates an offset that offsets the front length section from the bend section such that a first projection of the bend section and front length section without the offset would be substantially parallel to but not collinear with the bend section and front length section with the offset;
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• the fishing hook is free of a second offset section that returns the wire of the hook to a position collinear or substantially collinear with the first projection of the bend section,
• wherein at least one of the first and second turns in the wire is positioned below a line bisecting a midpoint of a projected circle which is congruent with the bend section, the line bisecting the midpoint of the circle being parallel to a line tangent to the bottom of the bend,
• wherein the barb terminates at a second point, and the second point is positioned between the offset segment and the shank section and is not positioned between the offset segment and the bend section, and
• wherein the first turn in the wire consists of a first line segment and a second line segment joined together to form a first angle and the second turn in the wire consists of a third line segment and a fourth line segment joined together to form a second angle, the second line segment and the third line segment being a common segment in common between the first and second turns, the first angle being located closer along the wire to the shank section and the second angle being located closer along the wire to the front length section.