Abstract: A fishing bait having a body with at least one hook. The fishing bait may have one or more keels on the bottom side of the body. The hooks of the bait may be pointed upward and located in pockets formed in the body. The fishing bait may include a tube extending through the body with a noise making element within the tube.

Abstract: A frog lure device that has a life-like swimming action. The device has a diving “collar” disposed around an upper region of the lure body, rather than a lower region, which is common in conventional lure devices. In a specific embodiment, the collar causes the lure body to dive under the surface like a frog. Concurrent with the diving action, the lure device also has a kicking action to resemble a living frog device. The collar also forms a trail of one or more bubbles and a vortex, or slight vacuum behind it. In a specific embodiment, the lure body includes a pair of legs, which have a suitable length to be caught in the vortex and become trapped in the vortex. the pair of legs also straighten out to cause a kicking action and also provide stability to the lure body as it accelerates through the water.

Abstract: A simulated fishing lure replicates the physical characteristics and swimming motion of a live North American mudpuppy, while preventing a captured fish from escaping by biting through the lure. The lure comprises of a lure body (a head, midsection and tail) and a motion-creating bill. The motion-creating bill and the lure body's tail work together to create the life-like side-to-side swimming motion of the lure. The longitudinal inner cavity within the midsection of the lure body contains an anchoring device to ensure that the fishing line and hook remain secured to the fish, even when the lure is bitten in half.

Abstract: A frog lure device that has a life-like swimming action. The device has a diving “collar” disposed around an upper region of the lure body, rather than a lower region, which is common in conventional lure devices. In a specific embodiment, the collar causes the lure body to dive under the surface like a frog. Concurrent with the diving action, the lure device also has a kicking action to resemble a living frog device. The collar also forms a trail of one or more bubbles and a vortex, or slight vacuum behind it. In a specific embodiment, the lure body includes a pair of legs, which have a suitable length to be caught in the vortex and become trapped in the vortex. the pair of legs also straighten out to cause a kicking action and also provide stability to the lure body as it accelerates through the water.

Abstract: A frog lure device imitating life-like swimming action. The device has a diving “collar” disposed around an upper region of the lure body which causes the lure body to dive. Concurrent with the diving action, the lure has a kicking action such when given a single pull followed by a rest, the frog lure responds by diving from a surface region of the water to a depth beneath the surface region, straightening its legs as it moves forward and as the lure comes to rest, the legs retract. The collar forms a trail of bubbles and a vortex behind it. The pair of legs has a suitable length to not become trapped in the vortex, such that the legs straighten out to cause a kicking action and also provide stability to the lure as it accelerates through the water. The frog lure device can also be crawled across surface vegetation.

Abstract: A realistic, solid-bodied, plastic frog fishing lure with hind legs and webbed feet for providing vibration for attracting fish, the frog fishing lure capable of correcting itself underwater so that the lure runs in an upright position at all times when being fished.

Abstract: A main body portion has top and bottom surfaces, a front, a rear and opposed sides. The main body portion has a central axis extending between the front and rear. A pair of similarly configured leg portions is integrally fabricated with the main body portion. Each leg portion has an interior section and a spiral exterior section. Each interior section is positioned to extend outwardly at an angle from the rear. Each exterior section has a top and a bottom surface. The spiral exterior section of each leg first extends downwardly and away from the central axis, then downwardly and toward the central axis, then upwardly and toward the central axis. The spiral exterior section of each leg terminates facing away from the central axis.

Abstract: An artificial bait for fishing with a flexible appendage (28, 28?) which is made of soft plastic or other resilient material and it is either formed or interchangeably fitted on a radial bearing (27, 27?) rotatably mounted on a shaft (25, 25?, 25?, 23?).

Abstract: A method and system for a fishing lure are provided. The lure includes a body having an interior cavity and an aperture extending through a wall of the body. The fishing lure also includes a hook assembly including at least one hook concealed with the cavity when the hook assembly is in a first retracted position. The hook assembly is maintained in the first retracted position using an elastomeric band coupled to the hook assembly. The hook assembly is rotatable from the first retracted position to a second extended position. The lure also includes an elastomeric attractant coupled to the body.

Abstract: A frog lure device that has a life-like swimming action. In a preferred embodiment, the device has a diving “collar” disposed around an upper region of the lure body, rather than a lower region, which is common in conventional lure devices. In a specific embodiment, the collar caused the lure body to dive under the surface like a frog. Concurrent with the diving action, the lure device also has a kicking action to resemble a living frog device. In a specific embodiment, the collar also forms a trail of one or more bubbles and a vortex, or slight vacuum behind it. In a specific embodiment, the lure body includes a pair of legs, which have a suitable length to be caught in the vortex and become trapped in the vortex the pair of legs also straighten out to cause a kicking action and also provide stability to the lure body as it accelerates through the water. As the frog device traverses through the water, the legs also slightly contract and extend to resemble a kicking action.

Abstract: A fishing lure shaped like a snake that mimics the undulating, swimming action of a snake. It incorporates this original action into an extremely versatile lure specifically designed to be fished on water's surface, under water's surface, diving, bouncing around on floor bottom, and swimming back up to surface simply by adjusting rod position/retrieval speed. Furthermore, consisting of not only replaceable (soft plastic) snake bodies, but replaceable (soft plastic) lizard bodies and replaceable (soft plastic) frog bodies as well that all attach to the same hard plastic head and neck via a snap-on/squeeze-off connection. Furthermore, it's design enables each body to have it's own swimming action. The snake body, aforementioned, undulates like a real snake swimming. The lizard body wiggles and sways like a real lizard swimming. And the frog body wobbles and kicks it's legs like a real frog swimming.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention involves a fishing lure having a frame, a body formed around the frame with a head end and a tail end, and a weight connected to the frame and formed inside the body. A plurality of appendages extends from the head end. The tail end includes an series of notches arrayed to work in concert to make the tail end flap. A plurality of hooks are attached to the frame, each of the hooks has an end designed to protrude from the body. An eyelet is connected to the frame and protrudes from the body.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a variety of soft plastic fishing lures having an enlarged soft plastic attachment as part of the leading edge of the bait. The soft plastic attachment, preferably disk shaped and concave, provides for unique back and forth swimming motion in the leading edge of the bait and, when fished on the surface, creates a wake of water and produces vibration.

Abstract: An artificial bait for fishing with a flexible appendage (28,28?) which is made of soft plastic or other resilient material and it is either formed or interchangeably fitted on a radial bearing (27, 27?) rotatably mounted on a shaft (25, 25?, 25?, 23?).

Abstract: An artificial bait for fishing with a flexible appendage (28, 28?) which is made of soft plastic or other resilient material and it is either formed or interchangeably fitted on a radial bearing (27, 27?) rotatably mounted on a shaft (25, 25?, 25?, 23?).

Abstract: A fishing lure according to the present invention includes a flexible elongate body member, a cupped tail member attached to one end of the body member, and rib members connecting the body member to an inner surface of the cupped tail member. The cupped tail member is biased toward the concave configuration due to the presence of the rib members and the material used to construct the cupped tail member. The cupped tail member creates sound waves by moving between concave and convex configurations, and it also slows the fishing lure's movement through the water. Scent and color schemes are added to the fishing lure to attract fish and for identification purposes.

Abstract: Flexible fishing lure tails and appendages having extending or projecting shoulder surfaces to facilitate a simulated swimming action by the drag and eddy principle of water flow. One or more shoulders are provided in the surfaces of the flexible fishing lure tails to facilitate the swimming action as the lure to which the tail or appendage is attached is retrieved through a water body. This swimming action due to the vibration of the tail and appendage segment and the body of the fishing lure is unique and simulates live lizards, worms, crawfish, grubs, minnows and the like, a primary characteristic that attracts fish. The tail and appendage segments can be removably or permanently fixed to both hard and soft body lures or molded in combination with a lure body of selected length, size, color and plastic composition characteristics to facilitate the desired swimming action and vibration and thus the attraction to game fish of every variety.

Abstract: A fishing lure generally includes a body and a body extension member that extends rearwardly from the body. The body may be in the form of a grub or worm, and the body extension member may be in the form of a tail that extends from the rearward end of the body. Alternatively, the body may be in the form of a crayfish and a pair of body extension members, in the form of arms, may extend from the rearward end of the body. The body extension member includes first, second, and third portions. The first portion extends away from the body, and the second portion connects to the first portion. The third portion connects to the second portion and extends generally toward the body. The third portion includes a forwardly facing inner edge that may be linear, and the first and third portions preferably cooperate to form an acute angle.

Abstract: An artificial bait structure is provided which simulates movement of live bait when drawn through a body of water, and which discourages entanglement in weeds at the bottom of a lake or river. The artificial bait structure includes a head having first and second legs projecting therefrom. The legs include a plurality of nipples which are engaged by the water as the artificial bait structure is drawn therethrough, causing the legs to flutter. A rib extends along the outer edge of each leg in order to cup the water as the artificial bait structure is drawn therethrough, thereby causing the legs to repeatedly separate and come together.

Abstract: A lure having a body molded from a material having a lower specific gravity than water, and legs formed to extend to right and left sides of the body at a middle or rear portion of the body, and the legs have an elastic portion extending outwardly from the body as a center to right and left opposing ends of the elastic portion and a pair of water receiving portions secured to the right and left ends of the elastic portion, respectively, having openings toward the lure proceeding direction. The elastic portion repeats bending and bending back motions by elastic force and water resistance exerted to the water receiving portions, as the lure is manipulated to proceed, thereby rendering the lure move with imitated motions as of a small creature as a bait for fish.

Abstract: A sonic plastic bait has an elongated cylindrical body. Ventral fins are longitudinally aligned in an oblong design along the lower edges of the bait body as a continuation of a belly portion. The belly portion and the fins form the continuous flat underside surface of the sonic bait. The upper part of the body has a rounded back raised above where the ventral fins protrude along the sides. At a front end, the bait body is shaped head-like. Towards the rear end, the bait body slants downward to a size approximately aligned with the ventral fin thickness and forms into a split tail section resembling flukes. The ventral fins are sectioned into individual appendages that vibrate or touch each other and produce a low sound attractive to fish when the sonic plastic bait is pulled through water.