Combination tail-wiggling artificial bait and stabilizer plug
OwnerGene G. Hilleslandinventor
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Abstract
A trolling or casting fishing lure combines a tail-wiggling artificial worm with a plug for imparting non-spin and non-surface-skimming stability to the lure. The plug comprises a hollow tubular body formed with a beveled leading end connected at an apex thereof to the fishing line and to a fish hook at a point on the trailing end of the body located in straight line to the apex extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body, the fish hook being baited with the artificial worm having a flat crescent-shaped tail to which the wiggling motion is imparted when pulled through the water.
Claims5
A fishing lure comprising a hook having a shank, an artificial tail-wiggling worm formed of soft, pliable plastic having a bulbous head threaded onto the shank of said hook and a flat, thin crescent-shaped tail sized to extend behind the hook, and a stabilizer plug providing non-spinning and non-surface-skimming capability to the lure, said plug having a tubular wall and a large axial bore extending therethrough between opposite leading and trailing ends, the leading end of the tubular wall being inclined rearwardly from an apex, means connecting said apex to a fishing line, said fish hook shank being connected to the trailing end of said tubular wall at a point on a straight line of attachment extending along said tubular wall parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bore and passing through said apex, said hook and tail being orientated to extend in co-planar relation with the diametric plane of said straight line of attachment of said plug, the hook curving away from the plug and the tail being co-planar with the hook, said plug being self-orientating below the surface of the water with the straight line of attachment located on the underside of the plug and disposing said planes vertically when the lure is pulled through the water enabling the crescent shape of said tail to straighten causing undulation and lateral swinging of the tail as fish attracting motion.
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