Bait keeper
OwnerTimothy Thayer, Guy L. McClung, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A fish bait keeper for shielding bait from undersirable fish and permitting un-shielding of the bait at a desired water depth where it is anticipated desirable fish are located, the bait keeper having, in one aspect, a hollow bait shield for containing and shielding the bait and related items such as line, leaders, connectors, etc. and a device for allowing the bait to be separated from the shield when desired or, in one aspect, the shield itself having parts releasable from each other to expose the bait or to allow it to descend from the device.
Claims13
A fish bait keeper comprising
- a container having a hollow top part releasably securable to a hollow bottom part,
- a main line connected to the hollow top part and extending to and connected to the hollow bottom part,
- a fish bait attached to the main line, and
- the fish bait and the main line releasably enclosable within the container when the hollow top part and the hollow bottom part are releasably secured together.
A fish bait keeper comprising
- a container having a hollow top part releasably securable to a hollow bottom part,
- a main line connected to the hollow top part and extending to and connected to the hollow bottom part,
- a fish bait attached to a secondary line which is connected to the main line,
- the fish bait and the secondary line releasably enclosable within the container when the hollow top part and the hollow bottom part are releasably secured together,
- the top part having a recess and the bottom part having a lip receivable in the recess so that the two parts are releasably snap-fittable together.
A fish bait keeper comprising
- a main line,
- a first secondary line connected to the main line, a fish bait attached to the first secondary line,
- a top part of a fish bait container disposed about the first secondary line,
- a second secondary line connected to the main line below the first secondary line, a fish bait attached to the second secondary line,
- a bottom part of the fish bait container disposed about the second secondary line,
- the top part and the bottom part of the fish bait container releasably securable together to enclose the two secondary lines and their attached fish baits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.