Novel Fishing Lure
OwnerNathaniel Boganinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure provides various components for a fishing lure. These components include a Hard Bodied Ballast Oscillator (“HBBO”) which oscillates around various axes, an HBB with positive lift that rises during retrieval, and a hook for use in a rigid body which, while being fished, remains at least partially inside the body and reliably pointing upwards, and which, when the fish bites, is at least partially exposed. In some cases multiple components may be connected to each other via a stiff wire and designed to maintain, in the water, a particular orientation of the components relative to each other.
Claims35
A fishing lure comprising a hook and at least one of:
- a) a vertically oriented hard bodied ballast oscillator (VOHBBO) comprising a connector in physical contact with and situated between a hard bodied ballast oscillator (HBBO) and the hook, wherein the connector physically separates and maintains distance between the HBBO and the hook and wherein when the lure is in water the lure is maintained in a relatively upright position such that the HBBO is positioned above the hook;
- b) a rising HBBO comprising an HBBO having an overall density that is greater than water and positive lift such that it rises as it is being retrieved;
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- c) an exit hook comprising a body having a channel in which the hook is movably positioned wherein a substantial portion of the hook is hidden within the channel until a fish is ensnared and wherein ensnaring a fish causes the hook to move such that the hook is at least partially exposed to a sufficient degree to catch on the fish.
A fishing lure comprising a stiff connector comprising a fishing line attachment point from which two arms extend wherein a first arm is connected at the distal end to an HBBO and a second arm is connected to a hook, wherein when the lure is in water the HBBO is maintained in a relatively upright position such that the HBBO is positioned above the hook.
A fishing lure comprising a hook and a hard bodied ballast oscillator (HBBO) having an overall density that is greater than water and positive lift such that it rises as it is being retrieved.
A fishing lure comprising a hard body having a channel in which the hook is movably positioned wherein a substantial portion of the hook is hidden within the channel until a fish is ensnared and wherein ensnaring a fish causes the hook to move such that the hook is exposed to a sufficient degree to catch on to the fish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.