Fishing lure retriever
OwnerJ. W. Browninventor
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Abstract
A fishing lure retriever for quickly and reliably releasing and retrieving lures, plugs or other fishing tackle which have become entangled on obstructions, vegetation or timber during the fishing process. The device comprising a disk-shaped, weighted body having a frontal opening located therein and a suspension closure rotatably joined together by connecting apparatus which are spatially disposed within the aforementioned frontal opening and which securely engage the suspension closure holding it in place for being disposed about a snagged fishing line so that it can slidably travel along said line from a point spatially disposed between the tip of a fishing rod and the snagged lure, thereby freeing the ensnared lure and allowing both to be retrieved by the angler for inspection, repair, and subsequent reuse.
Claims8
An apparatus for releasing an entangled fishing lure comprising:
- a disc shaped body having a generally planar circular frontal portion and a generally planar circular rear portion connected by a generally annular side wall, said disc shaped body defining an opening therethrough between said frontal wall and said rear wall;
- a pin disposed within and transversing said opening;
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- connecting means rotatably disposed on said pin for quickly joining said disc shaped body to a fishing line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.