Abstract: A fishing lure has a vane adapted for oscillating movement but not adapted for rotational movement. A spinner is connected to the trailing end of the vane and a hook is operatively connected to the leading end of the vane. An eye arrangement is provided for attaching the lure to the fishing line.

Abstract: The present invention includes a mole trap having a pair of spring-loaded jaws. A platform is pivotally connected to the jaws to limit the travel of the trap into the ground and to stabilize the trap on the ground when it is set. A lever assembly forces the jaws open and sets the trap when the lever reaches an off-center position. An adjustable trigger mechanism is positioned on the ground above a mole borrow. The vibration of a mole traveling beneath the trigger causes the lever assembly to move upward from the off-center position and the jaws to close and destroy the animal.

Abstract: The fishing rod holder attaches to a fishing rod and supports the rod and reel at a desired angle when set on surfaces such as earth, ice or in a boat. The rod holder is used while still-fishing, a fishing technique whereby the rod and reel is not held in the hand while waiting for a fish to take the bait. The rod holder keeps the rod and reel out of sand, snow, mud, dirt, etc. The rod holder remains attached to the rod during all fishing activities. The rod holder detaches easily and folds flat for storage or carrying.

Abstract: A portable live bait container for use by anglers to transport and facilitate use of live bait such as minnows or shrimp or the like. The container includes an outer impervious enclosure provided with a supporting carrying handle and an open top and an inner shell of similar configuration which is slideably and removably mounted through the open top into the outer enclosure. The inner shell is provided with a handle support for vertically raising the inner shell out of the outer shell and includes side walls which are impervious to water and a bottom wall which is provided with openings for the ingress or egress of water. In addition, the bottom wall is provided with a centrally disposed bowl-like portion tending to entrap live bait and a small amount of water therein when the inner portion is raised above the surrounding water level.

Abstract: A fishing apparatus for assisting an angler in the placement of a lure or bait in a lake or stream is disclosed. The apparatus provides parallel buoyant hulls having vertical planes depending downward therefrom with adjustable hydrofoils attached to the planes. The device further provides a release mechanism and spring-biased visible trip flag. Methods of use of the device are also disclosed.

Abstract: An animal snare includes a built-in force urging the snare loop toward a constricted, relatively small triggered position from a larger setting position. When the snare is released from the triggered position by an animal, the built-in force accelerates constriction of the loop, preventing animal escapes that might otherwise occur. The snare includes a flexible cable having opposed anchor and loop ends, with the loop end slidably engaged by a catch to an intermediate portion of the cable to form the constrictable ensnaring loop and for releasably, frictionally restraining the loop end relative to the intermediate portion when the snare is in its setting position. The built-in force is introduced during manufacture of the snare by giving a permanent set to the portion of the snare cable proximate its loop end.

Abstract: Disclosed is a portable hunting blind. The blind includes two or more separate hoops that are connected together by collapsible stays. The stays are movable between a collapsed position in which the hoops are closely adjacent each to each other and a substantially rigid extended position in which the hoops are spaced apart from each other to form a cylindrical framework. The hoops are covered by a flexible covering of canvas or the like.

Abstract: A plastic crab trap that is molded in one operation, including a cover member, and side walls that are adequately reinforced for rigidity, taper upwardly and have slots through which water can flow. The cover is molded in place in what will be the top opening, but reversed from its operating portion, and is connected in the opening through sprues which feed plastic from the input opening for plastic material after molding the cover. After molding, the cover is cut loose from the main part of the crab trap, and upon rotating the cover 180.degree. provided hinge and latch members between the cover and the main body of the crab trap are properly positioned without further operations. Additionally, a specific bait box holder is provided adjacent to the cover so that when the cover is closed, the bait box will be held in place, and can be easily removed for service once the cover is opened.

Abstract: A fly or insect catcher having the appearance of a common fly swatter with a handle and head, which catcher has a sheet of adhesive material disposed on the head and a hingeably attached cover arranged to cover the head when not in use. A quantity of insecticide may be disposed in the cover to aid in killing the insects caught on the adhesive when the cover is closed.

Abstract: An insulated aerated live bait bucket is disclosed comprising a container for water formed from a bottom wall and a side wall with a bottom wall having an aperture therein for the admission of air into the water, an insulated liner which fits within the side wall and atop the bottom wall of the container with an opening therein which is in alignment with the aperture and the bottom wall of the container and the structure for removably holding the liner within the container. In one embodiment the holding structure is formed from a plurality of hooked clips. In another embodiment the holding structure is formed from a skirted washer. In addition an improved arrangement of the aeration system is disclosed.

Abstract: A hook protection and float device including a pair of cooperating enclosing halves operable to open and close with respect to each other. Flanges integral with each enclosing half are used to manipulate the halves into the open position against the biasing of a resilient band. The halves each include an exterior perimeter surface terminating in a perimeter edge. The edges provide for overlapping cooperation of the perimeter edges when the halves are closed with respect to each other. The exterior surfaces define an enclosure space for the placement therein or removal therefrom from a fish hook. The perimeter edges define a hook shank hole through which the shank portion of the hook protrudes when the hook is enclosed within the enclosure space. The present invention also includes a hook shank collar the perimeter of which is coterminous with the perimeter of the hook shank hole and extends therefrom into the enclosure space.

Abstract: A light emitting fishing lure of the plug type is provided with an external switch. The light emitting structure is formed to simulate semi-globular protruding eyes for maximum illumination.

Abstract: A remote controlled fish trolling vessel 10 is described for trolling a fish line remote from a fisherman in response to transmitted radio commands. The vessel 10 has a miniature hull 15 with a depending electrical motor and propeller assembly 42 for propelling the vessel. A rudder 58 is provided that is for turning the vessel. A control means controls the direction and speed of the vessel 10. A fish line attaching arrangement 96 having a first magnet 110 affixed to the fishing line and a second magnet 102 mounted to a housing in which the spacing between the magnets 102 and 110 may be adjusted to adjust the tension required to release the fishing line.

Abstract: A device for retrieving fishing lures that have become snagged on an underwater obstruction such as a rock or tree stump. The retriever includes a weighted body having a unique system of opposing guideways adapted to slideably engage a fishing line attached to the snagged lure, and a unique trap section at its forward end. The guideways are formed entirely by converging walls of the body and are interconnected by cross slots. The trap section includes a plurality of staggered hooks of varying length which extend forward from the body and are intended to engage some portion, especially the eye, of the snagged lure. After the lure is captured by the retriever, both may be recovered by means of a retrieve line attached to the retriever body which has a considerably higher tensile strength than the fishing line.

Abstract: In the fumigation of bulk materials such as grain with hydrogen phosphide (phosphine) the gas containing hydrogen phosphide is caused to circulate in a closed loop passing through the bulk material and past the zone of phosphine generation in pulses having a flow rate, duration and pulse intervals so designed that excessive or dangerous accumulations of gas are avoided and that optimum conditions for pest control are attained throughout the system as soon as possible. The intersticial gas of the commodity is changed by the circulation from 5 to 15 times within the period required for 90% of the available phosphine of the metal phosphide to be released.

Abstract: The invention is an inflatable portable decoy for attracting geese and other game fowl, in which wind serves to continuously maintain the body of the decoy in an inflated condition, with the decoy body fastened to a portable stake. The invention comprises a shaped stake unit and a wind-inflatable body unit which may be detachably fastened to the stake. The body unit is shaped as an open inflatable bag, made of flexible sheeting, and may be completely wrapped about the stake unit for transport and stowage purposes. Alternatively, the body unit may be a non-inflatable flexible sheet that is attachable to the stake unit and which is flared away from the stake unit by wind action to simulate a decoy body. A looped tie member which may be mounted to the body unit serves to fasten ballast to the body unit in the assembled mode, and alternatively to fasten the body member about the stake member when the unit is disassembled for storage purposes.

Abstract: A contact poison delivery system relates to the containment of a rodenticide impregnated wick in a "tamper-resistant" containers that will coat a rat or mouse passing through said container with a lethal dose of poison, ingested by the rodent as it preens and cleans itself. The position of the wick and the configuration of the internal structure of the container insures a maximum application to the rodent traversing the device while isolating the wick, its structure and the poisoned substance from prying hands. The device provides the additional advantage of being easily fabricated and for allowing a premeasured and readily definable amount of poison to be encased in a manner that will insure its stability and safe usage.

Abstract: A trailer hook system for fishing, including a leading hook, such as a spinner bait, buzz bait or worm fishing hook, and a trailer hook. The trailer hook has a connector portion formed at one of its ends, and the leading hook has a positioning device at the midportion of its curved portion. The connecting portion and the positioning device enable the two hooks to be easily connected and disconnected. In addition, the trailer hook system in its operative position avoids undue twisting and sliding of the hooks relative to one another. When struck by an underwater object, the connector portion causes the trailer hook to pivot, minimizing the likelihood of the trailer hook snagging on the object.

Abstract: A fishing rod may include an integral flashlight having a magnifying lens and an on-off switch. A knife blade is embedded into a V-shaped notch in the rod handle to facilitate the cutting of fishing line. The end of the handle includes a storage compartment for hooks, sinkers, and the like, with access being provided through a removeable cap.

Abstract: A fishing jig is disclosed comprising a first upstanding fishhook (10) carried generally in a first vertical plane; and a second upstanding fishhook (12) carried generally in a second vertical plane generally parallel to the first vertical plane. A first shank (20) is connected to fishhook (10); and a second shank (26) is connected to second fishhook (12). Yoke (32, 34) connects the shanks (20, 26) which are disposed in a first horizontal plane. A raised eyelet (36) for attachment to a fishing line is connected to the yoke disposed in a second horizontal plane spaced from the first horizontal plane in a manner that said first and second fishhooks are turned upwards regardless of the angle at which said fishing jig enters the water and remain turned upwards while the fishing jig is pulled through the water to prevent snagging.