Fishing device
OwnerRussell W. Weberinventor
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Abstract
A flat plate has means for connecting a fish bait to the rear portion thereof and has a link swingably attached to the front portion thereof with an eye on the end of the link for attachment to a trolling line. An upstanding fin projects from the top of the plate and has a slot located in the forward portion of the fin and extending obliquely rearwardly of the plate for receiving and detachably holding the link in a position which causes the plate to dive when it is drawn through the water. The sides of the slot are flexible and there is an adjustment screw to adjust the amount of force required to detach the link from the slot.
Claims10
In a diving sinker having a flat plate, having means at the rear of said plate for connecting a fish bait thereto, having link means swingably attached to the front of said plate, there being an eye on said link means to which a trolling line can be attached, the improvement comprising an upstanding vertical fin on top of said plate, and an elongated slot having flexible sides located in a forward portion of said fin and extending obliquely rearwardly toward the plate for receiving and detachably holding said link means in a position which causes said plate to extend at an angle to said trolling line, thereby causing said plate to dive as it is drawn through the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.