A fishing lure having a built-in, spring-loaded, adjustable diving and release apparatus that allows an elimination of a diving plane when a release event occurs that would cause a disengagement of the apparatus built into the diving bill, said fishing lure comprising:
- a diving bill extending outwardly from a front portion of an oblong shaped fishing lure body and angled downwardly from a longitudinal axis of the fishing lure body, the bill having a top surface that defines the diving plane, a rear end, a front end, a rounded underside defining a cylinder shaped cavity, wherein a slot bisects the top surface of the diving bill where it intersects the cylinder shaped cavity in the underside of the diving bill;
- within said cylinder shaped cavity is assembled a release apparatus configured for engaging and holding in position a release hook;
- the release hook pivotably mounted near the front end of the diving bill within the slot by a proximal end pivoting on a metal pin;
- and having a hook-shaped end on a distal end of the release hook and defining an eyelet in the top surface of the release hook, the eyelet configured for attachment of a fishing line,
- wherein when said release hook is engaged with the adjustable release apparatus, and pulled through water by attachment to the fishing line, the diving bill creates a diving plane, sending the fishing lure below a surface of the water, and
- wherein when said release hook is disengaged from a catch apparatus, it moves upward and forward around the metal pin until its hook shaped end extends upward and forward toward the front end of the diving bill, altering an attack angle of the diving plane and causing the lure to ascend to the surface of the water, or be retrieved by the fisherman more easily;
- the release apparatus comprises:
- a release hook, a ball, a spring, a set screw and a threaded insert with a matching thread pattern with that of the set screw, wherein said ball, spring, set screw and threaded insert rest within the cylinder shaped cavity within a cylinder shaped underside of the diving bill and are angled upward toward a rear end and top surface of the diving bill;
- wherein the ball rests in the rear of the cylinder shaped cavity near the rear end of the diving bill and intersects the slot that bisects the top surface of the diving bill;
- the spring is compressed between the ball and the set screw which is mounted inside the threaded insert at a front opening of the cylinder shaped cavity within the cylinder shaped underside of the diving bill;
- wherein said set screw, when turned clockwise, compresses the spring, applying pressure on the ball;
- and wherein, when the set screw is turned counter-clockwise, it decompresses the spring, relieving pressure on the ball, and
- wherein said release hook rests within the slot bisecting the top surface of the diving bill;
- its proximal end is mounted pivotably near the front end of the diving bill and inside the slot bisecting the diving bill;
- and its hook shaped end snaps over the ball, with pressure from the spring and set screw, to hold the release hook in the engaged position, and flush with the top surface of the diving bill.