Abstract: There is provided a detachable fishing weight device having an axial mounting wire maintaining a bend in the mid portion thereof. Fishing weights of different size and hydro dynamic shape and having a through hole therein are mounted on the axial wire and forced past the bend by a slight straightening of the wire. Once mounted they are restrained by the bend. In a further embodiment there is provided a clip mechanism for spanning the mounted weight and engaging the mounting wire to secure the weight from removal.

Abstract: This invention relates to fishing floats and more particularly to a lightweight illuminated tip-up fishing float for use while fishing at night, which float contains no toxic mercury to contaminate the fishing waters should the float become lost and broken or broken during use, and which float features a cageable, automatically decageable, dead-weight switch to control the lighting thereof when there occurs a fish bite or strike on the line to which the float is secured.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fishing device with at least one hook (5) and capable of freeing said hook in case of accidental jamming or snagging. This device comprises a hollow body (1) on which the hook hinges directly, a spring (9) within the body and resting inside it at the end away from the hook, and a sliding rod (8) passing through the body. An inner mass (7) is solidly joined to the rod and arranged to be a rest for the spring and to strike the hook when said spring is released. An external mass (10) is fixed on the rod outside the body at the end away from the hook so as to strike the body during the spring release, essentially at the time the inner mass (7) is impacted.

Abstract: A self-resetting animal trap utilizing a closed-door approach wherein the trap is set or ready when its trap door is closed. The self-resetting animal trap has an enclosure with a top opening and a pivotally mounted trap door for the top opening. A metal plate is attached to the trap door frame beneath the trap door such that the trap door has an upwardly and downwardly pivoting portion. A magnet is slideably mounted to the underside of the upwardly pivoting portion such that the magnet is in contact with the metal plate when the trap door is closed. The magnet and the metal plate form the trigger mechanism for the trap. The weight of the magnet also urges the trap door toward a set-closed position from a tripped-open position, thereby resetting the trap. A bait container is positioned near the end of the downwardly pivoting portion. A chute is also provided allowing approach to the bait container only via the trap door.

Abstract: An improved livewell apparatus and method of operation thereof for use in recreational fishing boats and like watercraft wherein water from the livewell is withdrawn, conveyed through a heat exchange conduit in an auxiliary ice chest or other heat exchange arrangement, and returned to the livewell tank through an aeration spray head. The water in the livewell tank is cooled in this manner to a temperature sufficiently reduced from the natural aquatic habitat of captured gamefish to induce a state of slowed metabolism of the gamefish and, in turn, to prolong their captive life in comparison with conventional livewells.

Abstract: The fishing jigger disclosed here is a product having upper and lower parts or members, the upper of which is of bouyant material constituting a water-borne support for the lower part which is an immersed or submerged blade of such weight and frontal surface area as to offer considerable resistance to horizontal displacement of the jigger when subjected to forces applied to the jigger generally normal to the aforesaid frontal area. The float is a horizontally elongated cylinder from the underside of which the blade depends to present a substantially planar area lying in the plane of the horizontal or long axis of the cylindrical float. A free-running fishing line passes through the blade for jigging a hook or lure therefrom.

Abstract: A fishing lure assembly in which at least one steel ball, or like structure, is moveable in a closed, hollow container, and the container is disposed in a proximate relationship to a hook so that when the assembly is moved through water, the movement of the steel balls in the cylinder generates a noise that attracts the fish.

Abstract: A fish detector for use with a rod and reel detects the movement of the line by deflection of a flexible member which engages the line near the reel and holds it outwardly from the rod. The flexible member is more flexible than the rod tip and may be coated with visibility enhancing material such as plastic.

Abstract: A minnow seine net having a collapsible tripod-like frame consisting of three poles joined by an adjustable connecting structure permitting the tripod to be folded into a handy, easy to carry form. A seine net is attached to and spread between the forward two legs of the tripod. This net has floats attached to the upper portion thereof and sinkers on the lower portion. The net is adapted to be placed in a stream or other body of water and is adapted to the catching of minnows, bait fish or other fish bait.

Abstract: In a method for knock down of injurious insects or for freeing a particular environment therefrom by heating fumigation comprising dipping a part of a porous absorptive wick in an insecticidal solution to allow it to absorb the solution and indirectly heating said wick around the top to fumigate the absorbed insecticidal solution, a method for knock down of injurious insects or for freeing a particular environment therefrom, which comprises exposing the insects to the vapor, characterized in that a C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 aliphatic saturated hydrocarbon solution containing as an active ingredient 2-methyl-4-oxo-3-(2-propynyl)cyclopent-2-enyl chrysanthemate is used as said insecticidal solution, a porous absorptive wick prepared by caking a powdery inorganic substance with a binding agent is used as said porous absorptive wick, and besides that said absorptive wick is indirectly heated around the top to a temperature in a range of from 105.degree. to 130.degree. C.

Abstract: A fishing lure having interchangeable bodies which can be removably attached to a hook carrier assembly. The body is provided with a ventral slot extending axially the length thereof and the hook carrier is provided with a line attachment and has one or more hooks attached thereto and resiliently fastens to a body and fits within the ventral slot.

Abstract: A fishing arrowhead is disclosed for application to a bow and arrow, spear, gig or other fishing implement. The head has a U-shaped retaining barb which can be pivoted from a shooting position in which the barbs lie substantially in a plane passing through the longitudinal center line of the fishing implement and extending rearwardly from the tip of the implement to a fish holding position in which the barbs extend substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the implement. The bight portion of the U-shaped retaining barb is rotatably secured in a bore which extends transversely through a cylindrical adapter which is secured to the fishing implement. The retaining barb is locked against pivotable motion beyond the desired holding position by the tip of the implement which is threaded onto the adapter.

Abstract: A diving lure or crankbait capable of reaching increased diving depths. The lure includes a diving plate or lip extending forwardly from the front end of the lure body. A forward portion of the lip is upwardly angled in relation to a rearward portion thereof, producing an increased flow of water over the upper surface when the lure is cranked. This increased water flow produces a downward pressure on the lip in front of the pull point, increasing the diving angle and significantly increasing the maximum depth obtainable by the lure.

Abstract: An animal capturing and restraining device 10 which shall catch and hold an animal so captured, securely without mutilation and without inflicting pain and from which the captured and restrained animal will not effect escape through, for example, the expedient of gnawing a paw off and leaving it in the device. An animal caught by the device will be restrained and prevented from escape by means of an adjustable slip noose 40 comprising flexible member 28 and large loop 30. Relatively small animals may be captured about the body while relatively larger animals will be captured about the neck whereby an uncomfortable adjustment to the noose will be made or relaxed only in direct proportion to any struggles initiated by the animal itself.

Abstract: A fish gaff comprises a gaff hook releasably attached to a handle by either spring tension or compression. Depending upon the weight of the gaffed fish, the hook may be partially released from the handle to permit its relative rotation. This construction permits a user to maintain control of a fish without the gaff being twisted, bent or jerked out of the user's hands. In a first embodiment, spring tension is utilized to pull the hook into engagement with a locking slot formed in an interior portion of the handle. In a second embodiment, spring compression is utilized to maintain the hook in a locked position relative to the handle.

Abstract: A fishing pole holder mount comprising a C clamp to which a holder tube is swivelly mounted so that it can be fastened to the gunwale of a boat such as a johnboat, regardless of whether that gunwale be cylindrical or square or otherwise, and so that the fishing pole holder can be put at whatever angle the fisherman desires it to have.

Abstract: The invention comprises a pair of vertically-opening door or panel members that are each hinged to a bracket member, and are attachable to the upper edge or rim of standard duck blind units, one on each side of the blind. Each panel includes a spring member extending generally perpendicularly across the hinge to the bracket, so that as the panels are closed horizontally over the blind, the spring is first stretched to a position of full extension, and is then slightly retracted, to enable the panel to stay in its down position. When the panels are contacted from below, as by a hunter standing erect within the blind, the panels are urged slightly upward, and the spring is thus stretched back into a position of full extension, and then past such full extension, causing the spring to then fully retract and move the panels about their hinges up and away from each other and the blind. After the hunter has fired, the panels can be manually returned to their down position, and the cycle repeated.

Abstract: A fly trap comprised of a pair of upper and lower superimposed synthetic plastic trap sections defining an interior fly capturing chamber therebetween. The lower trap section has a centrally located upwardly dished fly collecting pocket with a fly admitting orifice in the dished pocket but disposed in spatial relation to the upper trap section. Fly trap supporting legs are projected beneath the lower trap section permitting flies to move beneath the lower trap section and into the dished fly collecting pocket. A fly bait locating area is located immediately beneath the fly collecting pocket between the legs. Attachment structure is provided at adjacent confronting edges of the upper and lower trap sections which includes resiliently yieldable detents disposed in an annular ring-like configuration securing the sections in assembled relation with one another.

Abstract: A needle which is particularly adapted for use by sport fishermen to catch game fish includes an elongated wire-like body. Ends of the needle body are shaped into points. An end barb is then formed immediately inward from each end point. The needle further includes a pair of spaced apart intermediate barbs positioned inward from the end barbs. The end barbs and the intermediate barbs each extend outward from the needle body in opposite directions respectively. During use, an end of a fishing line may be knotted about a middle portion of the needle body between the intermediate barbs. Then, the needle may be baited with an earthworm or minnow, for example, and dropped into a game fish containing body of water such as a lake or river to attract a hungry fish. When a fish strikes and swallows the baited needle, one of the pointed ends and end barb typically pierces the mouth of the fish. The end barb prevents retraction of the needle. The hooked fish then may be reeled in and landed.

Abstract: A scented fishing lure having a rigid absorbent body portion constructed from fibrous material. The body portion is constructed with resin-impregnated fiberous material. Because the entire body portion is of an absorbent nature, the body portion can absorb and be thoroughly saturated with a fish attractant oil. The fish attractant oil is released into the water at a constant, prolonged rate during use of the present scented fishing lure to provide a fish attracting odor for facilitating the catching of fish.