Device and method for chumming bait
OwnerRonald F. Smeltinventor
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Abstract
A device for macerating bait, making chum, or both is provided. The device has a main housing having a top openable end and a closed bottom openable end; a removable lid attachable to the top openable end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through bottom openable end and through the top openable end; a push rod disposed through the removable lid; a concentric cutting member attached to the push rod at a lower end of the push rod, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting and have cutting edges on a top and bottom of the blades. A method of macerating bait is also provided.
Claims16
A device for macerating bait, making chum, or both, the device comprising:
- a main housing having a top openable end and a closed bottom openable end;
- a removable lid attachable to the top openable end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through bottom openable end and through the top openable end;
- a push rod disposed through the removable lid;
- a concentric cutting member attached to the push rod at a lower end of the push rod, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting and have cutting edges on a top and bottom of the blades.
A method for macerating bait, making chum, and forming a chum slick in a fluid, the method comprising:
- providing a main housing have a top openable end and a bottom openable end;
- a removable lid attachable to the top open end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through upper end and through the lower end;
- filling the main housing with predetermined amount of bait;
- pushing a concentric cutting member via a push rod and handle in opposing directions, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting;
- chumming the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.