Abstract: A fishing lure has a body with an eye on a rear end portion. A blade is coupled to the eye by way of rings. The blade has two lateral portions, which are non-planar to one another and join together along a ridge. The ring component allows the blade to rotate between limits, with the blade rotating in one direction to a first limit and then rotating in the opposite direction to a second limit. This causes the blade to rotate then stop and then reverse rotation until the next stop. The rotation-stop movement of blade causes the lure to move erratically, mimicking a fish.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a fish-shaped body in a shape of fish and a tail-fin member provided to a rear end of the fish-shaped body. An eye member to which a fishing line is tied is provided to a front end of the fish-shaped body. A lip member is provided at a front part of the fish-shaped body. The tail-fin member is horizontally provided to the fish-shaped body. It is preferable that the tail-fin member be attached to a rear end of the fish-shaped body so as to be freely swingable within a predetermined angle range about an axis extending in a front-rear direction.

Abstract: A fishing lure with a spring-loaded, adjustable diving and release apparatus built in to the diving bill that allows the elimination of the diving plane when certain release events occur that would cause a disengagement of the apparatus built into the diving bill. The events that would cause this release to occur would be, but are limited to, 1) the fisherman jerking the line to cause the release in order to retrieve the fishing lure with relative ease while trolling said fishing lure behind a moving boat, 2) a fish strike that would then create a direct line to fish connection, eliminating any pressure points the diving bill might create allowing the fish to work itself free of the hooks, and 3) striking an obstruction on the bottom of the water column that might otherwise cause the fishing lure to snag or entangle in the obstruction.

Abstract: A dairy-based food component is provided that includes high levels of lactose in moisture, but still retains a smooth and creamy consistency. The compositions and methods provide for higher levels of lactose in moisture phase than previously found possible and still retain low crystal sizes in a finished product to maintain a smooth and creamy texture.

Abstract: Fish lure includes a flexible body having a forward body having maximum width and weight tapering to an aft body having reduced width and height; and a swimming tail portion flexibly connected to the aft body, wherein the swimming tail is flared, wherein the tail increases in width and height toward a tail tip as compared with the aft body portion, and a central channel groove generally parallel to a long axis of the lure, the long axis being normal to both width and height of the lure, the channel groove extending to the tail tip and maintaining a smaller width dimension as compared to adjacent flared portions of the tail, wherein water flow across the tail is guided through the channel groove and across the flared portions of the tail to provide vertically-balanced water flow across the tail and to produce a uniform horizontal swimming movement of the tail.

Abstract: A bladed weighted fishing lure is provided in which the blade is designed to oscillate side-to-side during retrieval and is loosely, but securely affixed to a wireform. The wireform includes an inferior portion that is rigidly secured to a weighted body and includes a medially placed feature for attachment of a fishing line. The weighted lure body includes a forward end and a back end. The oscillating action of the blade creates a unique motion of the weighted lure body creating two degrees of freedom. The first degree of freedom results from the side-to-side blade motion affecting a like side-to-side motion in the weighted lure body through the rigidly attached wireform.

Abstract: A snagless bladed fishing lure is provided in which the blade oscillates side-to-side during retrieval and pitches forward to protect the hook from snagging upon encountering an obstacle. The blade includes a line keeper and a hook receiver and carries a weight, the hook receiver being located between the line keeper and the weight.

Abstract: A fishing lure generally including a weighted body portion surrounding the front half of the shank of a hook, a relatively flat spoon portion extending rearward from a lower surface of the body portion, an artificial worm holding barb on the rear end of the body and a feather holding rim just forward of the worm holding barb. The configuration of the body tends to keep the spoon below the hook as the bait is pulled through the water. The hooked portion and the point of the hook extend upward perpendicularly above the surface of the spoon. The weight distribution and general shape of the lure prevents spinning but encourages a more natural and fish attracting side to side motion of the lure while being pulled through the water.

Abstract: Fish lure includes a flexible body having a forward body having maximum width and weight tapering to an aft body having reduced width and height; and a swimming tail portion flexibly connected to the aft body, wherein the swimming tail is flared, wherein the tail increases in width and height toward a tail tip as compared with the aft body portion, and a central channel groove generally parallel to a long axis of the lure, the long axis being normal to both width and height of the lure, the channel groove extending to the tail tip and maintaining a smaller width dimension as compared to adjacent flared portions of the tail, wherein water flow across the tail is guided through the channel groove and across the flared portions of the tail to provide vertically-balanced water flow across the tail and to produce a uniform horizontal swimming movement of the tail.

Abstract: The invention concerns artificial baits of wobbler's type. The artificial bait comprises a body having its centre of gravity located at its front portion with at least one hole for fixing a fishing line and with at least one hole for fixing at least one hook, with a plate having the lateral parts symmetrically curved convex relative to its longitudinal axis of symmetry and movably attached to the nose portion or to the lower portion of the body with fixed arrangement of its longitudinal axis at angle more 0° but less 180° to the body longitudinal axis by means of a motionless holder with a possibility of the plate rotation round the axis. The body is made of a material having density more than density of water. The bait has effective oscillations in a considerable range of frequencies and amplitudes.

Abstract: A maneuverable fishing lure for attachment to a fishing line includes a lure body including a first end and a second end. An attachment means joins to the fishing line where a retrieval of the fishing line imparts motion on the lure through water. A rudder is pivotally joined to the lure body proximate to the first end. The rudder is pivotal between a first position and a second position about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to an axis extending through the first end and the second end. With the rudder in the first position, the motion causes the lure to travel through the water in a first direction. With the rudder in the second position, the motion causes the lure to and travel through the water in a second direction. A change in the motion causes the rudder to pivot between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: The snag-resistant fishing lure is a snag-free fishing lure designed to minimize the chances of the lure becoming ensnared. The lure has a jig and a blade attached to the blade in a configuration that limits the side-to-side movement of the blade, thereby preventing the jig from rolling to a hook-downward position prone to snagging. A centrally aligned hole is positioned close to the front edge of the blade member. An eyelet extending from the jig body is attached through an aperture in the blade. The blade is limited in its side-to-side movement by contact between the blade edge and either the jig body or the eyelet. The limited side-to-side movement of the blade creates a quick, controlled, oscillating blade action that imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a lure body, a weight and fins. The lure body is shaped like a fish, and includes a top side and a bottom side. The lure body is weighted such that it is biased towards a top side down orientation if the lure is suspended in water without being pulled through water. The at least one angled surface on the body tend to propel the lure body towards a top side up orientation if the lure is pulled through water.

Abstract: A fishing lure that includes an adjustable head member statically coupleable in a first and second position, about an axis of rotation, to a body member. The body member has a vertical centerline plane. The adjustable head comprises a steering bill member projecting therefrom in a first direction. When the adjustable head member is in the first position, the first direction of the steering bill member is directed away from a first side of the centerline plane to steer the fishing lure, when moved through water, in a first steering direction. When the adjustable head member is in the second position, the first direction is directed away from a second side of the vertical centerline plane opposite the first side of the vertical centerline plane to steer the fishing lure, when moved through water, in a second steering direction.

Abstract: The snag-resistant fishing lure is a snag-free fishing lure designed to minimize the chances of the lure becoming ensnared. The lure has a jig and a blade attached to the blade in a configuration that limits the side-to-side movement of the blade, thereby preventing the jig from rolling to a hook-downward position prone to snagging. A centrally aligned hole is positioned close to the front edge of the blade member. An eyelet extending from the jig body is attached through an aperture in the blade. The blade is limited in its side-to-side movement by contact between the blade edge and either the jig body or the eyelet. The limited side-to-side movement of the blade creates a quick, controlled, oscillating blade action that imparts a natural swimming motion to the lure, emulating prey species movements.

Abstract: A fishers lure comprising a plug that is weightable with internal weighting, and a trapezoidal shaped blade with an upturned nose and rounded front corners.

Abstract: A maneuverable fishing lure for attachment to a fishing line includes a lure body including a first end and a second end. An attachment means joins to the fishing line where a retrieval of the fishing line imparts motion on the lure through water. A rudder is pivotally joined to the lure body proximate to the first end. The rudder is pivotal between a first position and a second position about a pivot axis substantially perpendicular to an axis extending through the first end and the second end. With the rudder in the first position, the motion causes the lure to travel through the water in a first direction. With the rudder in the second position, the motion causes the lure to and travel through the water in a second direction. A change in the motion causes the rudder to pivot between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A fishing lure oscillator, comprising a bent, oblonged, essentially elliptical foil having relatively uniform thickness. Near one end of the foil, a connection is made to an appendage, and near the opposite end of the foil a connection is made to another appendage. Both appendages, serving as a framing device to support the foil, originate from a common base which is adapted to be joined with a fishing lure. When joined with a lure and pulled through a body of water, an outwardly contoured portion of the foil is disposed directly against the flow of water whereby the force of water against the resisting face of the foil causes the foil to pivot freely within the framing device, thus transferring the resulting oscillation to the lure for the purpose of attracting and catching fish.

Abstract: A joint type minnow having a body which is formed so as to imitate a bait fish and divided into a main body portion and a tail portion so that the main body portion and the tail portion are mutually swingably joined to each other through a latch structure, is further equipped with a structure for regulating the mutual swing motion between the main body portion and the tail portion. The structure regulates the swing motion of the tail portion at a casting time to reduce air resistance, thereby avoiding reduction in flight distance of the lure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lure capable of making its vanes take unprecedented fascinating action to attract fish and less susceptible to the detection of its simulation, thus providing a great fishing result. This lure is made such that a ring body made to maintain a vertical posture in the water is inserted into two vanes 1, 2, and one vane 2 is formed to sink more deeply into the water with respect to the other vane 1. Thus, the two vanes rock while working with each other in the water.

Abstract: A lipless fishing lure is particularly constructed to effect a side-to-side swimming action and a life-like appearance. The lure is jointed at its midsection to enhance the life-like swimming action. The body section of the lure includes a throat section that shifts the water impact point as the lure is pulled trough the water to a bottom portion of the lure, causing the lure to swim in a side-to-side motion. The lure can be retrieved steadily as a swimming lure or fished with a swim and stop action as a finesses bait, or twitched erratically as a wounded bait fish.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a plurality of substantially rigid, preferably plastic body sections including a head section, a tail section, and three central body sections, decreasing in size from the head to the tail, therebetween. Each section behind the head section includes a hinge portion, and each section in front of the tail section includes a cavity, and each hinge portion is snap fit into the cavity of an adjacent section to form a hinge assembly having a pivot axis inside the respective cavity. The hinge assemblies are together adapted to permit different degrees of relative movement of selected adjacent sections to more closely simulate the movement of a live bait fish, and particularly produce fluid tail end movement, as the lure is being pulled through water. Various embodiments are provided.

Abstract: A fishing lure whose direction of travel through the water is controllable by the fisherman as he jerks on the rod and line includes a main body having an interior activator shaft extending through the main body and terminating with an external eyelet to which the fishing line is attached. Mounted within the cavity of the main body adjacent the activator shaft is a dual position click mechanism that is engaged by the activator shaft when the fisherman jerks on the rod so that the activator shaft pivots a steering rudder plate mounted within the cavity of the main body. A steering rod is secured to the steering rudder plate and moves back and forth transversely within the main body when the steering rudder plate is pivoted whereupon the ends of the steering rod can alternately project through opposed apertures on the main body for contacting and pushing open first one and then the other steering rudder thus altering the movement and direction of travel of the lure through the water.

Abstract: To catch pan fish, varied small propellers with little vibration are used. This accomplished by mounting propeller on center in relation to hook shank plus having the propeller pitch the same on both blades. For predator fish larger propellers are used with more vibration. This is accomplished by mounting propeller off center in varied degrees in realness to hook shank. For maximum vibration, along with off center mounting the pitch of each blade on same propeller are varied. The more the pitch variation between each blade the more the vibration. NO SWIVEL ALONE can prevent line twist. To prevent this a hollow keel to accept swivel is employed, the size and angle of keel ear is such as to assist swivel to counter torque of propeller rotation thus preventing line twist. Without the two barbs on the fish hook shank whatever bait is used would slip into the curvature of the fish hook, thus adversely affecting the propeller action. Therefore bait must be kept parallel to hook shank to work properly.

Abstract: A bimodal, two part weighted lure which exhibits a remarkable simulation of life-form swimming action while being towed through water. Weights inherently disposed within the lure permits casting, jigging and trolling without additional weight being added to fishing line external to the lure. The lure begins the swimming action immediately upon being displaced from a resting state. Weights in both parts of the lure cooperate to randomize both direction and rate of oscillations to make the swimming action seem real. Novel apparatus for hiding a loop whereat fishing line is affixed to steer and tow the lure is disclosed. Use of a lure made according to the invention with spinner bait and buzz bait wire forms is also disclosed.

Abstract: A flexible life-like fishing lure having an opening in its main body member and/or appendages to impart movement to the lure. The openings deflect water as the lure is moved generating hydrodynamic pressure waves that help attract the fish.

Abstract: A fishing lure designed to reproduce, when it is pulled along in the water, the swimming movements of a live fish. The lure(1) is in the general shape of a fish comprising a head (2) and a tail (4) linked by a soft and flexible body (3) having a longitudinal axis (5). The head (2) receives, proximate its front surface (6), a front spoon (7). The lure includes, besides the front spoon (7), at least three additional spoons including a central spoon (8), an anal spoon (9) and a caudal spoon (10).