Abstract: The invention relates to a universal clamp (eU, 6) for securing any objects (10) to a fishing line (12, 130), said clamp allowing, owing to an elastic element, any objects (10) to be secured to the fishing line (12, 130).

Abstract: Composite granules that include metal-containing polymeric materials, and composite granules that include metal complex-containing polymeric materials are provided. The polymeric materials are divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymers, partially hydrolyzed divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymers, or fully hydrolyzed divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride polymers. Additionally, methods of using the composite granules that include metal-containing polymeric materials to capture volatile, basic nitrogen-containing compounds and methods of using composite granules that include zinc-containing polymeric material to detect the presence of water vapor are provided.

Abstract: A fish oil scent trail dispenser system to create a scent trail to a user's bait when fishing in fresh water and salt water. A kit containing one or more scent dispensers includes a fill tube that can be used to insert the user's favorite scent into the scent dispenser quickly and easily. The scent dispenser includes a main container with a refillable reservoir and a thin dispenser tube. An attachment tube is bound to the main container by a wrapper. The scent dispenser system includes an attachment line with a clip on each end to attach the system to the main fishing line, and a bumper bead to control the position of the scent dispenser on the attachment line.

Abstract: A device for macerating bait, making chum, or both is provided. The device has a main housing having a top openable end and a closed bottom openable end; a removable lid attachable to the top openable end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through bottom openable end and through the top openable end; a push rod disposed through the removable lid; a concentric cutting member attached to the push rod at a lower end of the push rod, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting and have cutting edges on a top and bottom of the blades. A method of macerating bait is also provided.

Abstract: A fishing lure having a cylindrical housing forming a cavity or chamber. The front end or wall of the housing is provided with one or more inlet ports as well as a bore for threading a fishing line therethrough. A rear wall has a bore in register with the bore in the front wall. There is an outlet from the chamber for the egress of water from the chamber. Rotatably mounted in the cavity formed by the housing is a rotor which has one or more surfaces with a concave-like surface, the rotor being turned by the action of the water passing through the housing and impinging on the concave-like surface as the lure is pulled through the water.

Abstract: A fishing lure device for use with a fishing line having a blocking portion includes a lure component with an inner passage through which the blocking portion can pass. A lure connector which is connectable to the lure component has a central passage sized for preventing the blocking portion from passing through it. When the connector is connected to the lure component at one end thereof, with a fishing line extending through the passages with the blocking portion being disposed on a part of the fishing line passing out of opposite end of the lure component, the connector is detachable from the lure component and the lure component is removable from the line by passing the blocking portion through the lure component. The invention also extends to a fishing lure assembly, a method of disassembling a fishing lure device from a fishing line, and a fishing lure device kit.

Abstract: An air filter including a filter support that supports porous, polymeric sorbent particles that comprise a divalent metal impregnated therein.

Abstract: An artificial fishing lure that has a sleeve extending over the lure to create a water resistant cavity. Wherein the sleeve is made to elastically constrict around at least the head to hold the sleeve thereto. The sleeve may have a diving lip mounted to the front to regulate the depth of the lure while being pulled through the water. The sleeve may have at least one appendage mounted thereto. The cavity may be used to place fish scent attractant material, weights, air or other desirable material therein. At least one hole may be mounted through the circumscribing wall in a location juxtaposing the cavity. The sleeve may also contain at least one partition positioned in the cavity.

Abstract: A convertible fishing lure assembly includes a lure body having at least one body section and a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and terminating in oppositely disposed open ends. A securing member is removably disposable within the channel. The securing member is dimensioned and disposed to include opposite ends being simultaneously disposed through the open ends of the channel for connection to fishing tackle components disposed exteriorly of the body section. Both the channel and the securing member have corresponding cross-sectional configurations to restrict rotation of the securing member within the channel. The lure body may include a plurality of body sections each having a channel extending therethrough with a securing member removably disposed therein, wherein the body sections are movably interconnected to one another through interconnection of corresponding ends of the different securing members.

Abstract: A fishing lure is configured to be pulled below water. The fishing lure has a body defining an air cavity therein. A first hole is defined at a first end of the body, and a second hole is defined at a second end, opposite the first send, of the body. The air cavity is configured to carry air into the water and to progressively replace the carried air with water while diving below a surface of the water.

Abstract: A powered jigging device has a support frame, and a rod carrier that pivots in a first working plane while holding a fishing rod. A motor carrier is movably coupled to the support frame in a manner allowing constrained motion of the motor carrier in a parallel second working plane. A motor on the motor carrier drives an eccentric about a rotational axis of the motor. The eccentric is engaged with a mating feature the rod carrier at a position radially spaced from the pivot axis such that said driven revolution of the eccentric normally pivots the rod carrier upward and downward about said pivot axis, while the available constrained motion between the motor carrier and the support frame accommodates freewheeling operation of the motor when a caught fish pulls a front end of the rod carrier into a lowered position via tension in the fishing line.

Abstract: A fish chute and method for assisting fishermen in retrieving fish that have been hooked, particularly large game fish. Once a fish has been hooked, the fish chute deploys a chute. As the fish tries to swim away, the chute acts as a drag, slowing the fish down and causing it to tire.

Abstract: Artificial fish for use as a fishing lure are provided that can include a body about a frame, the body defining fish attributes and the frame supporting the body and defining a recess configured to receive an end of a weighted rod. Other lures can include at least two frame components articulated in relation to one another. Methods for manufacturing an artificial fish for use as a fishing lure are provided. Methods for using an artificial fish lure are provided. Artificial fish for use as fishing lure kits are provided.

Abstract: A convertible fishing lure assembly includes a lure body having at least one body section and a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and terminating in oppositely disposed open ends. A securing member, and in at least some embodiments a sleeve, is removably disposable within the channel. The securing member is dimensioned and disposed to include opposite ends being simultaneously disposed through the open ends of the channel for connection to fishing tackle components disposed exteriorly of the body section. Both the channel and the securing member have corresponding cross-sectional configurations to restrict rotation of the securing member within the channel. The lure body may include a plurality of body sections each having a channel extending therethrough with a securing member removably disposed therein, wherein the body sections are movably interconnected to one another through interconnection of corresponding ends of the different securing members.

Abstract: Adaptable fishing lure kits, systems, and devices are provided. An adaptable fishing lure system may include a fishing lure body having a generally cylindrical shape, a fin member replaceably attachable to the fishing lure body, via a slot formed within an outer periphery surface of the lure body, and a channel chamber longitudinally extending through and within at least a portion of a length of the fishing lure body. The slot providing access to the channel, at least one cartridge providing an attractant into the chamber formed within the fishing lure body. Alternative use of an adhesive and means for securing a fin member and attractant are provided.

Abstract: A fishing lure including a head portion and a flow-through appendage cavity portion, the head portion including two first securement surfaces and the cavity portion being securable to the head portion, the cavity portion including a pair of cavity-forming cage members, each cage member including a head-portion-abutting edge, a tail end and a second securement surface engageable with one of the first securement surfaces, at least one of the cage members including openings disposed to permit flow-through of fluid while preventing pass-through of fish-attracting pieces bigger than the openings, the cavity portion further including a hinge or other connector such that the cage members are movable between together and apart positions.

Abstract: A fish attractant dispensing lure includes a housing with at least one (1) ejection channel, a dispenser unit, and a power source. The lure housing encases the dispenser unit, which is configured to retain a volume of a fish attractant in a liquid state. A dispensing mechanism is in electrical communication with the power source. When the dispenser unit is activated, the fish attractant is dispensed into the surrounding environment via the dispensing mechanism through at least one (1) ejection channel.

Abstract: A chummer and line extender is a hollow tubular member with a first end that is securable to a fixed structure such as a tree trunk and a second end from which a shock line extends, the end of the line secured to an appropriate fishing rig. Pulling on the line causes a spring within the tubular member to compress thereby absorbing shock on the line. Port holes on the tubular member and/or on a cap on the second end allow slow release discharge of chum from the tubular member.

Abstract: A fishing device including a lure body portion, a plurality of pH sensors, a water immersion sensor, a closed rigid container containing pressurized content and connected to the pH sensor, a balloon of a predetermined size, connected to the closed rigid container, a trackable chip configured to provide the location of a caught fish within a predetermined geographical location and a plurality of emitters connected to the sensors and configured to emit different predetermined signals. This device improves fishing by significantly reducing the use of energy and time. Once a fish digests a fishing capsule the pH sensor detects digestions and the water immersion sensor stops detecting water the closed rigid container will be activated, and the pressurized content will inflate the balloon inside the stomach of the fish causing it to float to the surface.

Abstract: The multiple hook catfish dip worm is constructed of a worm body that is particularly adapted to prolong adhesion of stinky cheese bait that is otherwise washed off of during use in water as a fishing lure. The worm body is of tubular construction, and features a plurality of ribs along a length, and is made of a highly flexible material. The worm body includes a hook member that is concentrically aligned with and spans along the length of the worm body. Treble hooks extend radially from the hook member, and exit through the worm body. The worm body includes the treble hooks at various locations along the length of the worm body, and increases the likelihood of hooking a fish biting the worm body. The hook member includes a looped end, which enables a line to connect thereto.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising at least one hook and a lure attachment element are assembled to a body. The body includes a lure bait receiving cavity extending inward from a mouth opening located at a lure leading region. A series of protrusions extend radially inward from the mouth, preferably formed to resemble teeth. The body additionally includes a series of spatially arranged gills along each side thereof. Each gill includes a gill opening providing a fluid passageway passing through a body sidewall, a gill cover extending outward from a body exterior surface, and a gill aerating blade extending inward from a body interior surface and terminating at an aerating blade edge. Water flows into the bait receiving cavity, passing across the agitating and/or aerating interior blade and respective distal edge, wherein the water aerates discharging bubbles. The bait and/or bubbles are provided to attract fish to the lure.

Abstract: An improved fishing jig with a front end having an opening to permit water to enter a hollow shaft running into a body of the jig. One or more side openings may permit water entering the hollow shaft through the opening in the front end to exit the hollow shaft through a side of the body.

Abstract: An active fishing lure comprising a body able to simulate some appearance and at least some movement of a bait species. The body is adapted for line attachment (directly or indirectly) and attachment to at least one hook. A battery is carried by the body and is connectable to a drive to cause at least some movement of the body.

Abstract: The “Karpela cont” container for the delivery and distribution of the lure or food or pharmaceutical substance for fish or for the dissolution of the substance in the aquatic environment, comprises a casing made of water-resistant, predominantly, polymeric material, which consists of at least, two parts (1) connected with one another by split connection, creating an internal cavity. Each part has, at least, two holes or groups of holes (7). The holes are located on the opposite surfaces of the casing, moreover, the total area of holes makes up from 5% to 50% of the total area of the container's surface.

Abstract: A means and apparatus are provided for attracting fish to a Lure that uses at least one of a color of light or at least one of a type of Scent or at least one of a color as the attractant. The Scent would have the added benefit of being made of at least one of a color. Thereby affording anglers an innovative, adaptable, and more affordable type Lure.

Abstract: A means and apparatus that provide a trail of at least one of a type of fish attracting Scent to be disbursed into the water surrounding a fishing Diver ahead of a Lure that is being trolled behind it.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a lure head, a leader within a leader tube within the lure head; a ball rattler within the lure head; and an aerator cap attached to a front side of the lure head.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a body in non-metallic material having a front end and a rear end; a first attaching means or loop arranged at the front end; a second attaching means or loop arranged at the rear end; a longitudinal connecting rod passing through the body and connecting the first attaching means with the second attaching means; wherein the lure comprises at least one hole arranged in the body between the front end and the rear end, and wherein the connecting rod passes through the hole.

Abstract: The instant application discloses, among other things, a Fishing Device with a curved body. The Fishing Device may effect a spiral motion while the Fishing Device moves through water. The Fishing Device may also have a hook garage, which may hold a shank of a hook, or provide storage of a hook while the Fishing Device is not in use.

Abstract: An improved fishing jig for connecting a lure body to a fishing line is disclosed. A rivet is insertable into the lure body and can function as a conduit to the fishing line. The rivet can be connected to a jig weight and can be formed with a single twisted wire forming an eye for engaging a hook barb. A lure attachment can be connected to the rivet, or between the rivet and lure body, to modify the shape, movement, or sensory attributes of the fishing jig. The rivet permits attachment of the line and of jig weights and hooks at selected locations along the length of a soft lure body, significantly extending the operating life of the jig body and by changing the functional operation of the jig when cast into, resting in, or retrieved through the water.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and related methods are disclosed that generally provide for the controllable release of scent attractants in the vicinity of an implement used to catch or capture fish or other aquatic species. In various embodiments, a fishing accessory is provided that enables an angler to adjust the rate of release of a scent attractant contained within a cavity thereof.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a lure body having a head portion and a tail portion. The head portion is movably coupled to the tail portion such that the head portion may move relative to the tail portion when the lure is pulled through the water.

Abstract: An improved fishing lure comprising a body which defines an internal compartment therein and the body having a leading end and a trailing end. A hook is attached to the lure and an eye hook is attached to the leading end to facilitate the attachment of the fishing lure to a fishing line. A cover covers an access opening which provides access to the internal compartment. The cover generally has an open position, in which the cover permits access to the internal compartment to allow bait to be inserted therein, and a closed position, in which the cover captively retains the bait within the internal compartment. At least one opening is provided at the body to allow a scent of the bait to emanate out from the internal compartment. The fishing lure may be a “broken-back” type lure which simulates a desired “swimming” motion as the fishing lure travels through water to further improve the attractiveness of the fishing lure to any adjacent fish.

Abstract: This invention is a modification of a Diver. Added to the diver is an insert that is a semirigid, cylindrical rod. The diver is modified with a cavity with cupped ends with open top and sides in which the insert is placed. A strap arches over the center of the cavity and the insert. The insert can be a chemical light, a chemical light coated with fish attractin scent fish attracting scent or coated with fish attracting scent. The insert are interchangeable. In the preferred embodiment, the diver has two inserts that can of same type attractant or a different type of attractant. The two fish attracting insert within the cavities run parallel to the centerline of the main body and parallel to each other.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes an inner member and a sheath. The inner member is positioned in the sheath with a bottom wall of the inner member facing an open end of the sheath. A closed end of the sheath, a perimeter wall of the inner member and the bottom wall of the inner member define an interior space. Openings are provided in the bottom wall. A primary hook is inserted through the closed end of the sheath and the open end of the inner member. The hook extends through the perimeter wall and a peripheral wall of the sheath such that a point of the hook is positioned outside of the sheath. A weighted capsule is positioned in the interior space. A scent producing material is releases a scent through the openings in the bottom wall of the inner member and the open end of the sheath.

Abstract: A flexible fishing lure for use with a fishing rod, line and hook, by virtue of which the lure can be attached via the line to the fishing rod and used in casting wherein the lure uses a soft, elastic material, comprising a body, a first end, a second end, a plurality of rods extending perpendicularly outwardly from a body outer surface with a rod density of from 10 to 70 rods per inch along the body and upon casting the fishing lure, the rods vibrate creating simulated movement as the fishing lure sinks or is drawn through the water, creating simultaneously a life-like appearance with life-like vibrations. The fishing lure with rods can have air containing cavities for creating a visual attraction simultaneously with the life-like appearance and life-like vibrations.

Abstract: A collapsible luring dredge device includes a hub assembly having a plurality of separate hub sections each adapted to hold an extended spreader bar and together joined into a stacked unit assembled along a central axis with a pair of spring-loaded detents disposed within the stacked unit on opposite sides of the central axis. Inner surfaces of the hub sections at each end of the hub assembly are formed with a plurality of concave cavities arranged in a circular pattern intended to engage the detents as the hub sections are selectively rotated about the central axis. The hub assembly may thus be moved through a set of registered positions between a deployed configuration wherein the spreader bars are maintained in a substantially radial pattern for trolling use and a folded configuration wherein the bars are substantially aligned for storage.

Abstract: A fishing lure is described, having a head with a release mechanism and a removable tail. Because the tail can be released, fish caught on hooks can be released quickly, and new tails with new hooks rapidly attached to the same head. Multiple tails may be equipped with different lure skirts, for different fish and/or different conditions, and rapidly changed out in the course of fishing. A tail including a drag chute released by a fish strike, attachable to the same head, is also disclosed. A dive wing, attachable to the removable tails, is also disclosed. Tails can include bait scent chambers and release holes and water jets to attract fish. A kit with combinations of heads, tails, dive wings, and other parts and accessories is also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved baited lure has a head section and a tail section so that when press fitted together an interior chamber with scent holes is formed for containing bait or scent and/or a rattle. A fish hook is attached to a leader that runs through holes in the head and tail sections so that, as the lure is moved through water, the two sections are held together. One section may have an air pocket for buoyancy when at rest, and a tether may be connected between the two sections so that, in the event the leader is broken, the lure rises to the surface of the water and, even if separated, both sections are retrievable.

Abstract: A skin for reclaiming a used or protecting a new fishing lure, a double-wrapped lure, and a related method of making the lure skin, and readying it and shrink wrapping it around a fishing lure, include: (a) a shrink wrappable, paper-thin polyester sheet; (b) a design printed on the polyester sheet, the polyester sheet comprising a design-free zone along its longitudinal side edges; (c) the lure skin forming a tubular shape with open opposite ends for receiving the fishing lure, the longitudinal side edges being adhered to one another, forming a central, lower seam; and (d) between about one and about four spaced apart skin holes in the central, lower seam, each hole corresponding to a belly hook eyelet of the fishing lure. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.

Abstract: An artificial bait features an overmolded fish attractant sponge and ports through which fish attractant exudes. The bait is comprised of a soft resilient plastic. A container portion of the bait houses the sponge. The container portion includes perforations for fluid communication with the housed sponge. Prior to injection molding, the sponge is a dry compressed cellulose sponge. The sponge is coated with oil prior to injection molding. Pins or blades in the mold assembly position the oil-coated, compressed, cellulose sponge in the container portion of the bait. The pins or blades also define perforations in the container portion for fluid communication with the sponge. The oil coating on the compressed cellulose sponge prevents molten plastic from impregnating the sponge during the injection molding process. The oil coating does not cause the sponge to expand. After manufacture, a water-based fish attractant is introduced into and absorbed by the sponge via the perforations.

Abstract: A tube-type fishing lure comprises a head portion, body portion, and tail portion having respective inner surfaces that define corresponding sections of a hollow channel which extends longitudinally through the lure. The channel is configured for water to flow through the lure by entering through the head portion, passing through the body portion, and exiting through the tail portion. The head section of the channel narrows or tapers from a diameter defined at a leading edge of the head portion to a narrower width corresponding to a diameter of the body section of the channel. When the lure is pulled, twitched, and/or retrieved (e.g., reeled in) when on a fishing line, the head portion leads, and water flows through the lure in a direction opposite to the direction in which the lure travels.

Abstract: A convertible fishing lure assembly includes a lure body having at least one body section and a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and terminating in oppositely disposed open ends. A securing member, and in at least some embodiments a sleeve, is removably disposable within the channel. The securing member is dimensioned and disposed to include opposite ends being simultaneously disposed through the open ends of the channel for connection to fishing tackle components disposed exteriorly of the body section. Both the channel and the securing member have corresponding cross sectional configurations to restrict rotation of the securing member within the channel. The lure body may include a plurality of body sections each having a channel extending therethrough with a securing member removably disposed therein, wherein the body sections are movably interconnected to one another through interconnection of corresponding ends of the different securing members.

Abstract: A structure to hide feeding stuffs inside a false fish, whereof a chamber is provided at a proper location inside the false fish and several slots are installed inside the said chamber whose space is inset into by a container, the said container is installed with seeping holes and is installed with elastic locking pieces at its peripheral edge. When the container is inset into the chamber, the locking pieces are inserted into the said slots for positioning the container, so that feeding stuffs can be loaded inside the said container to drip slowly into the water through the seeping holes to attract fishes gathering so as to achieve the effect of seducing fishes to the hooks.

Abstract: An apparatus for baiting a fishhook which comprises a rectangular sponge block having a plurality of equally spaced apart vertical and horizontal partial cut lines therethrough forming a plurality of sponge cubes throughout the rectangular sponge block. One sponge cube can be removed from the rectangular sponge block, placed onto a barb of the fishhook attached to a fish line and immersed into a liquified fish attracting substance ready to be used to catch a fish.

Abstract: A head cover for a jig fishing lure or combination jig and rotating member fishing lure is disclosed which can prevent a fish from directly contacting the hard jig head of the fishing lure. The head cover can be permanently attached to the fishing lure or it can be a separate removable member. The head cover can combine a soft membrane along with one or more fish-attracting elements. The head cover can also include a flat surface to orient the jig fishing lure at a different angle when resting on the bottom underwater surface.

Abstract: A scented article manufactured from a sintered metal powder. The metal powder may be one or more metals, one or more alloys, or any combination or mixture thereof. The scented article is of a weight sufficient to sink to a depth in the water and shaped such that, when urged through the water, the lure moves in a substantially oscillating motion. The scented article is impregnated with a scent, such as a fish attractant, that is slowly diffused in the water as the scented article is urged through the water. A method of manufacturing a scented article is also disclosed.

Abstract: A fishing lure may include a body portion shaped to generally resemble a body of a baitfish. The body portion may include a head portion corresponding to a head of the baitfish and a tail portion corresponding to a tail of the baitfish. A cavity may be formed through an outer surface of the body portion for receiving a at least a portion of a live or dead fish, or any other quantity of any other animal tissue, therein. The fishing lure may be connected to a fishing line and may include one or more hooks.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved, modifiable wacky worm fishing lure.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a weighted hydrodynamic head, mated artificial bait and pivoting hook. The weighted hydrodynamic head includes an integrally molded, conically-shaped or pyramid-shaped malleable body with a plurality of fins projecting laterally therefrom, a blunt leading edge, a trailing edge, a central passage extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and a slot formed in the side of the body and extending into the central passage. The weighted hydrodynamic head is made of a dense material such as lead. The hook is an offset hook including an eyelet, a proximal shank, an offset bend section, a distal shank, a u-shaped bend and a pointed barbed tip. The distal shank and proximal shank are substantially parallel. The eyelet, which projects through the central passage in the leading edge and the distal shank, is aligned with and extends longitudinally from the slot.