Abstract: A fishhook assembly has the characteristics of being weedless in its unactivated-rest-position by nature of the symmetrical configuration of the three or four identical fishhooks, each point of which is positioned to the outside of the assembly and guarded by an adjacent fishhook. Resilience may be provided by the hook shanks or by other resilient members. The resilient members may be covered by a thin sheet of material, converting the assembly into a lure. Alternatively, the assembly may be used as an attachment to a lure. Additional weedless protection may be provided by protrusions or offsets on the shanks.

Abstract: A fishhook assembly has the characteristics of being weedless in its unactivated-rest-position by nature of the symmetrical configuration of the three or four identical fishhooks, each point of which is positioned to the outside of the assembly and guarded by an adjacent fishhook. Movement of the fishhook assembly from the unactivated-rest-position to the activated-snagging-position is imparted to the fishhook assembly by the closing of the fish's mouth, forcing the fishhook shanks toward a common central axis and exposing at least one fishhook point for snagging the fish.