Barbless weighted releasable fish descending hook
OwnerRoy Leon Postoninventor
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Abstract
An elongated barbless upside down hook, physically returns a fish back to the bottom, naturally recompressing the trapped air, oxygenating the fish on the way down and releasing it unharmed. The hook uses a weight attached at the end of the shank to descend the device and a retrieval line attached at the bend (bight) to withdraw the hook from the fish and bring the hook back to the surface. This device avoids any moving parts or triggers and is capable of returning any size fish or multiple fish at the same time.
Claims20
An upside down descending hook comprising a tip, an elongated neck extending from the tip to a bend, an elongated shank having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end of the shank leading from the bend, a weight attaching ring attached to the second end of the shank, and a line retrieval ring attached to the bend.
An upside down descending hook comprising a barbless tip, an elongated neck extending from the tip to a bend, an elongated shank having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end of the shank leading from the bend, said neck being substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the shank, a weight attaching ring attached to the second end of the shank, and a line retrieval ring attached to the bend, said weight attaching ring being welded to the shank, and said line retrieval ring being welded to the bend.
A metal upside down descending hook comprising a barbless tip, an elongated neck extending from the tip to a bend, an integrally formed line retrieval ring at the bend, an elongated shank having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end of the shank leading from the line retrieval ring, said neck being substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the shank, a weight attaching ring integrally formed at the second end of the shank.
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