Amusement devices: games – Physical skill or ability – Participant maneuvered game element over a surface or...
Patent
1994-11-14
1996-10-01
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Physical skill or ability
Participant maneuvered game element over a surface or...
273447, A63B 7102
Patent
active
055606156
ABSTRACT:
A game for measuring and ranking the sport fishing skills of players, played on a course including a body of water having several designated and marked fishing locations, includes the steps of fishing at a given fishing location until a fish is caught, proceeding to the next fishing location until all fishing locations are fished, recording the number of casts required to catch a fish at each fishing location, and computing scores for each player based at least in part on the total number of casts made by each player. The game preferably additionally includes the steps of weighing fish caught by each player and computing scores at least in part on the weight of the caught fish. Where the course additionally includes a hazard for increasing the level of difficulty in fishing at a fishing location, the steps preferably additionally include negotiating the hazard while fishing at the location. A course for playing a game for measuring and ranking the sport fishing skills of players includes a body of water having a either nine or eighteen designated fishing locations. The course preferably additionally includes hazards for increasing the difficulty of fishing at one fishing location.
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Stoll William E.
Van Der Wall Robert J.
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