Inverted fish hook

Abstract

A hook having a shank with an eye at one end and a bent portion culminating in a point at the other end and having a specific gravity greater than the specific gravity of water is combined with a buoyant body mounted on the hook and means connected to the hook which, in cooperation with the buoyant body, causes the point of the hook to float above the eye of the hook in the water. In one embodiment, the cooperating means is a weight mounted on the hook or made integrally as part of the hook and located between the eye of the hook and the buoyant body so as to cause the eye to orient below the buoyant body. In another embodiment, the cooperating means is a plug to which the eye is pivotally connected to provide a point about which the buoyant body will cause the hook to rotate and thus orient the point of the hook above the eye. In an alternate to the latter embodiment, the pivotal connection can be arranged so that the point of the hook is directed toward the rear of the plug.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.