Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Fishing – Line-attached bodies – hooks and rigs
Patent
1993-05-14
1994-11-08
Bradley, P. Austin
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Fishing
Line-attached bodies, hooks and rigs
43 4491, A01K 9300
Patent
active
053615328
ABSTRACT:
A fishing bobber that attaches to a fishing line immediately behind the weight when casting. The fishing bobber comprises an elongate tube having flotation means on one end and a water fillable cavity on the other end. A guide tube is adjustably fastened to the flotation end so that its distal end extends beyond the flotation means a predetermined distance. The water fillable cavity has inlet water perforations on its substantially closed end and a perforation in its tube sidewall for allowing a fishing line to pass therethrough to the fishing line tube guide. A magnetic ring is provided around the perforation on the substantially closed end of the cavity and a metal ball is moveably located within the cavity so that when the ball is not contacting the magnetic ring the fishing line may not pass freely through the bobber and guide tube, and when the ball is contacting the magnetic ring the fishing line may not pass freely through the bobber and guide tube. An air exhaust hole is provided along with water inlet holes in the cavity end so that when the bobber rests horizontally on the surface of water the cavity slowly fills with water and causes the metal ball to come into contact with the magnetic ring. The bobber then tilts further so that the guide tube is raised further to the vertical with the surface of the water and pulls the weight off the bottom of the lake or pond. The invention further includes the method of fishing which comprises the steps of attaching the bobber to a weighted end of a fishing line and casting the bobber onto the surface of a body of water.
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Burns Lawrence R.
Mah Chuck Y.
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