Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Decoys
Patent
1998-11-02
1999-05-25
Carone, Michael J.
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Decoys
43 4, A01K 9700
Patent
active
059060670
ABSTRACT:
A fish decoy for fishing in a body of water comprising a sheet of flexible material having a top peripheral edge, a bottom peripheral edge, and two side peripheral edges, the sheet having a plurality of images of a preselected species of fish printed thereon. An elongated horizontally oriented float is affixed to the top edge of the flexible sheet, a weight is attached to the bottom peripheral edge of the sheet, with the float and weight cooperating to position the sheet in a substantially vertical orientation at a depth in the body of water appropriate for the preselected species of fish. The decoy also comprises a transparent hollow substantially neutrally buoyant cylinder attached to one peripheral edge of the sheet, the cylinder having a left portion and a right portion. The left portion has a permanently affixed solid left end wall, the right portion has either perforations or holes in the cylindrical right portion side wall or the right end wall, the right end wall being removably replaceable. Water and bait fish for the selected species of fish are poured into the hollow cylinder while the right end wall is removed and the hollow cylinder is vertically oriented above the body of water, the right end wall is replaced on the hollow cylinder, and the decoy, including the cylinder, is located in the body of water at the appropriate depth.
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Ark Darren W.
Carone Michael J.
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