Fishing down-rigger vane and release

A trolling vane for down-rigging a fish-line for deep water fishing comprising a nose, a tail, a top, and a bottom,

• attaching means adjacent said nose for securing a cable to lower said vane in the water;
• attaching means on said bottom adjacent said nose for attaching a weight for sinking said vane;
• said tail thereby trailing said cable and weight attaching means to steer said vane nose-first through the water;
• a ring on said top rearwardly of said cable attaching means for connecting fish-line release means thereto for sinking the fish-line from the rod and for releasably trailing the bait.

A release device for releasably interconnecting a down-rigger and a fish-line comprising,

• a leg having opposite ends equipped with attaching means for connecting said leg to one of the down-rigger and fish-line;
• a prong on said leg extending at an angle from said leg adjacent one said end of said leg;
• said prong having a cantilevered outer end;
• a spring arm on said leg;
• said spring arm having a looped outer end transversely engaging said cantilevered outer end of said prong;
• said leg, prong and spring arm thereby forming an enclosure for retaining an eye on said prong connected on the other of the fish-line and down-rigger;
• said spring arm on said leg triangulating from a point on said leg remote to said prong to its said looped outer end engaging said prong at its said outer cantilevered end;
• light pull by a bait transferred to said spring arm from an eye on said prong being resisted by the transverse engagement between said looped end of said spring arm and said cantilevered end of said prong;
• said spring arm being torsionally elastic to flex to locate its said looped outer end outwardly of said cantilevered outer end of said prong to provide an open space therebetween to permit the exit of an eye from said enclosure upon the heavy pull of a fish on said fish-line to separate the connection between the fishing line and the down-rigger.

A combination trolling vane and fish-line release device for down-rigging a fish-line for deep water trolling, comprising,

• a vane having a nose, tail, top and a bottom,
• attaching means adjacent said nose for securing a down-rigger to lower said vane in the water
• attaching means on said vane bottom adjacent said nose for attaching a weight to sink said vane in the water,
• a release device for releasably interconnecting a down-rigger and said vane to a fish-line comprising,
• a leg having attaching means for connecting said leg to one said down-rigger vane and fish-line,
• a prong on said leg extending at an angle from said leg adjacent one said end of said leg;
• said prong having a cantilevered outer end;
• a spring arm on said leg;
• said spring arm having a looped outer end transversely engaging said cantilevered outer end of said prong;
• said spring arm on said leg triangulating from a point on said leg remote to said prong to its said looped outer end engaging said prong at its said outer cantilevered end;
• said leg, prong and spring arm thereby forming an enclosure for retaining an eye on said prong connected on one of the fish-line and down-rigger vane to interconnect the fish-line with the down-rigger vane,
• light pull by a bait transferred to said spring arm from an eye on said prong being resisted by the transverse engagement between said looped end of said spring arm and said cantilevered end of said prong;
• said spring arm being torsionally elastic to reflex to locate its said looped outer end outwardly of said cantilevered outer end of said prong to provide an open space therebetween to permit the exit of an eye from said enclosure upon the heavy pull of a fish on said fish-line to separate the connection between the fishing line and the down-rigger vane.

A release device for releasably interconnecting a down-rigger and a fish-line comprising,

• a leg having opposite ends equipped with attaching means for connecting said leg to one said down-rigger and fish-line,
• a prong on said leg extending at an angle from said leg adjacent one said end of said leg;
• said prong having a cantilevered outer end;
• a spring arm on said leg;
• said spring arm having a looped outer end transversely engaging said cantilevered outer end of said prong;
• said spring arm on said leg triangulating from a point on said leg remote to said prong to its said looped outer end engaging said prong at its said outer cantilevered end;
• said leg, prong and spring arm thereby forming an enclosure for retaining an eye on said prong connected on the other of the fish-line and down-rigger,
• light pull by a bait transferred to said spring arm from an eye on said prong being resisted by the transverse engagement between said looped end of said spring arm and said cantilevered end of said prong;
• said spring arm being torsionally elastic to flex to locate its said looped outer end outwardly of said cantilevered outer end of said prong to provide an open space therebetween to permit the exit of an eye from said enclosure upon the heavy pull of a fish on said fish-line to separate the connection between the fishing line and the down-rigger.

A device for releasably interconnecting a down-rigger line having a sinker weight and a fish line having a bait for sinking the fish line and bait to a desired depth and for releasing the fish line and bait from the down-rigger line and sinker weight upon a fish taking the bait and exerting a pull thereon comprising,

• a leg having opposite ends equipped with attaching means for connecting said leg in one line;
• a prong extending at an angle from said leg adjacent one said end of said leg terminating in a cantilevered outer end spaced from said leg,
• said prong being adapted to engage a ring on the other line to interconnect the fish and down-rigger lines;
• a spring arm on said leg adjacent said other end of said leg terminating in a looped outer end slidably engaging said prong adjacent its said cantilevered outer end for resiliently enclosing the ring so that a pull exerted by a fish taking the bait is exerted against said looped end of said spring arm by the ring and moves said looped outer end of said spring arm off said cantilevered outer end of said prong and allows the ring to escape separating the connection between the fish-line and the down-rigger line.