Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Artificial bait
Patent
1982-04-26
1984-05-29
Godici, Nicholas P.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Artificial bait
43 4226, 43 4229, 43 4239, 43 4481, 43 4496, A01K 8500
Patent
active
044506457
ABSTRACT:
A bottom fishing lure consisting of a fishhook having a weighted, non-buoyant head adapted to be pulled head first along the bottom surface of a body of water by a fishing line, and adapted to carry a trailing bait, the hook being supported on the bottom on its bight portion and on an adjacent pair of a series of resilient legs carried by and extending radially from the head, each effective leg being movable during forward movement of the lure alternately to drag along the bottom, and to be resiliently flexed by the drag resistance, and then to free itself from the bottom and snap forwardly when the flexure force has built up to a sufficiently high level, the flexing and recovery pattern of the legs being such as to impart a forward "walking" motion, accompanied by a lateral waggling of the hook and bait. This creates an unusually lifelike "swimming" motion to the hook and bait which is highly attractive to feeding fish. On most bottoms, it also raises a cloud of silt, which is attractive to fish since it creates a resemblance to a burrowing crawddad or the like. The length of the legs and the weight distribution of the head are selected to encourage the hook to walk in a position with its point elevated well above the bottom.
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Godici Nicholas P.
Hamilton John A.
Hodak Marc
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