Abstract: Most of the present knot tying devices require the mechanical or manual sliding of the leader or line from some object such as a nail or tube onto a leader or line. This invention does not require such a transfer. The Fisherman's Knot Tier in accordance with the present invention looks and works similar to a retractable ballpoint pen with an alligator clip or modified alligator clip/cutter attached. When a line is placed in the exposed slot in the shaft, and the shaft is retracted into the tip, cone or insert, the line is secured. The jaws of the alligator clip or modified alligator clip/cutter holds the hook or similar article during the knot tying operation. The cutter portion of the clip/cutter is used to trim excess leader or line from the hook or similar article after the knot tying process is complete. The jaws of the alligator clip or modified alligator clip/cutter also doubles as a clip to hold the knot tier in a shirt or vest pocket.

Abstract: A tool for grasping and securing objects is provided. More specifically, while the present invention is not limited to use with fish, certain embodiments of the present invention provide a tool that allows the user to grasp and hold a fish. In addition, certain embodiments of the present invention also provide for the weighing of a fish or another object held by the tool. Spring biased jaws apply a force to objects being held and this force increases as the weight of the objects being held increases.

Abstract: A metal lip jig rig that has a metal lip with raised edges to help the metal lip jig rig sink and wobble when reeled in or let out in water. The metal lip jig rig can be used with a number of fishing lure accessories such as artificial and live bait, feathers, Chenalle wire, spinner wire and other common fishing lure accessories. The metal lip jig rig is designed to replace lead split shot sinkers and lead jigs and can be used with a spinning rod, a fly rode, a bait rod or a deep sea rod.

Abstract: A fishing hook knot tightening device for tying and tightening a knot between a fishing hook and a fishing line. The device has a T-shaped handle, an eyelet attached to the handle, and a blade incorporated into the handle for cutting the fishing line. In use, the fishing line leader end is threaded through the fishing hook eye, and the fishing line is tied into a knot and pulled tight. The barbed portion of the fishing hook is then hooked through the eyelet at the end of the handle vertical piece. The knot is tightened by gripping the T-shaped handle with one hand, holding the fishing line with the other hand, and then pulling the hands in opposite directions. Once the knot is sufficiently tightened, the blade may be used to cut the fishing line as necessary.

Abstract: An electronic fish scale comprising a molded housing having upper and lower portions for supported hand grasping. An electronically controlled weight-sensing member and a viewable digital output screen are mounted within the housing. The output screen is electronically connected to the weight-sensing member whereby a weight held by gravity causes a digital numeric display on the output screen equal to the fish weight. A fish-engaging assembly extends downwardly from the weight-sensing member through an aperture formed in the bottom of the housing, and includes a pair of opposed c-shaped jaws. A longitudinally moveable jaw actuator is operably connected through a jaw control member via a rotation pin through diagonally extending aligned slots in the jaws whereby the jaws are opened when the jaw actuator is manually moved upwardly. A lower lip of a fish securely held and unhurt between the closed jaws will produce a digital display of the weight of the fish on the output screen.

Abstract: An ice-skimming device for removing ice particles from an ice-fishing hole. The ice-skimming device includes a housing for capturing the ice particles floating in an ice-fishing hole. The present invention also has a handle for carrying and operating the present invention. A filtering assembly is pivotally coupled to the inner surface of the housing for filtering out the ice particles from the water. The filtering assembly is selectively abuttable against a lip portion extending away from the inner surface for supporting the filtering assembly.

Abstract: A fish retaining assembly for ice fishing for containing and retaining a fish being reeled in by an angler. The fish retaining assembly for ice fishing includes an elongate tubular member having open top and bottom ends and a passageway extending therethrough and being adapted to be disposed through a hole in ice and being partially disposed in water; and also includes a support assembly including a belt being fastenable about the elongate tubular member, and also including support members being spacedly and hingedly attached to the belt for resting upon the ice and supporting the elongate tubular member in the hole in the ice; and further includes a trap door assembly including a trap door member being pivotally attached to a bottom of the elongate tubular member and being closable over the open bottom end, and also including a trap door moving member being attached to the trap door member for the opening and closing of the trap door member.

Abstract: A weight belt for maintaining the vertical orientation of a fish which has been rapidly taken from a significant depth and placed in shallow water without time to adjust the amount of air in its air bladder. The belt is placed around the fish between the dorsal fin and the pectoral fins, and has weights at the underside of the fish to maintain its vertical orientation by gravity.

Abstract: A fisherman's tool in the form a thin elongated aluminum plate with a first L-shaped guide post, an aperture through the plate, and a second L-shaped guide post on the plate adjacent a mid-line between the aperture and the first L-shaped guide post. Wire leader material is passed between the guide posts and looped through the eye of a fishhook or lure and the tag end portion passed through the aperture in the plate. The tool is then rotated around the mid-line to wrap the tag end portion of the wire around the portion of the wire lying between the aperture and second L-shaped post resulting in a barrel wrap securing the fishhook to the wire leader material.

Abstract: A device for safely tagging and releasing large fish includes a long pole to which is attached at its distal end a holder body for retaining therewithin an axially extending cutting blade and, at its tip portion, a tag applicator.

Abstract: A fishing hole cover system for allowing selective closing of a fishing hole within a fish house. The fishing hole cover system includes a base member positionable within a fishing hole of a fish house, and a cover member removably positionable within the base member for selectively closing the fishing hole. The base member is comprised of a base ring and a flanged portion extending from the base ring. The base member has a center opening within that has an inner edge extending inwardly from the base ring. The cover member has a cover ring with a plurality of nubs that catchably engage the inner edge of the base member when the cover member is closed upon the base member. A handle is preferably attached to the upper portion of the cover member.

Abstract: A fly line exchange apparatus and method including a temporary reel that houses a relatively short pull line that temporarily attaches to the end of the existing fly line. During use, the end of the pull line is connected via a quick connector to the end of the fly line. When the main fishing reel on the fishing pole is rotated, the fly line and pull line are pulled together through the eyelets on the fishing rod. When the end of the pull line is pulled through the eyelet closest to the reel, the old fly line is detached from the quick connector. The old spool in the reel is then replaced with a new spool having the desired fly line. The end of the new fly line is attached to the quick connector on the end of the pull line and the temporary reel is rotated to pull the pull line and new fishing line through the last eyelet on the fishing rod. The pull line is then detached from the new fishing line so that the new fishing line may be used.

Abstract: A device which allows a customer to test fishing gear before purchasing the gear. The device comprises a housing having a variable speed motor and spool mounted within the enclosure. The outside of the enclosure has a guide which leads the fishing line to the spool, the line secured thereon. The motor torque is controllable and enables an angler to simulate the reeling in of a fish at a selected torque level; the angler, through the use of a remote control, simulates the running of a fish by winding the fishing line at a predetermined speed and torque level.

Abstract: A preset fishing line tension measuring device for permitting accurate fishing line tension adjustment with a drag mechanism is provided. A pair of fishing line guides are disposed in a spaced-apart relation to each other, and a tension sensor is disposed such as to provide an increased length of path of the fishing line between the two fishing line guided. Fishing line tension sensed by the tension sensor is displayed on a display part.

Abstract: Bead or weight holding tweezers which are engageable with beads and beads or weights and is formed from either metallic or polymeric material and includes a pair of substantially parallel legs that extend from a proximal joint end. Each end of the legs of the bead or weight tweezers is formed with an inwardly directed concave member which has a friction bearing surface that will fixedly engage to a bead or weight. Furthermore, the tweezers are fitted with a locking slide that when moved in the distal direction, flexes said legs together and holds the bead or fishing weight between said concave portions. Thereby facilitating the ability to successfully slide the bead or weight onto a desired position on the hook.

Abstract: An ice fishing device for increasing the effective radial fishing range beyond the radius of a fishing hole comprising a fishing rig with a vertical post and a generally horizontal extendable arm. The vertical post moves axially and rotatably relative to the fishing rig and the extendable arm extends radially from the axis of the post for increasing the effective radial fishing range beyond the radius of the fishing hole.

Abstract: A weight belt for maintaining the vertical orientation of a fish which has been rapidly taken from a significant depth and placed in shallow water without time to adjust the amount of air in its air bladder. The belt is placed around the fish between the dorsal fin and the pectoral fins, and has weights at the underside of the fish to maintain its vertical orientation by gravity.

Abstract: A device for mechanically impaling a worm on a hook includes a housing enclosing a passageway that terminates in a bait receiving aperture and a hook receiving aperture. Application of suction within the passageway impels a worm at the bait receiving aperture toward and onto a hook located in the passageway at the hook receiving aperture.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming fish bait on a fish hook. The apparatus has a first mold unit with a first cavity and is connected to a channel in communication with a bore. The first mold unit has an access port in the vicinity of the first cavity formed through a sidewall of the first mold unit through which the fish hook may be inserted and removed, and the first mold unit has a threaded end. A second mold unit is removably engaged to the first mold unit, the second mold unit has a second cavity defined therein. The second mold unit has a means for closing and locking the first mold unit and the second mold unit with the first and second cavity is attached together to form a fish bait mold cavity therein when in a closed position. A bait canister is adapted to fit within the bore in the first mold unit. The bait canister has an aperture formed therein at a bottom wall thereof and is aligned with the channel.

Abstract: A fishing device, including a wall, the wall defining a large opening, a small opening, and a slit, the large opening operably communicating with the small opening through the slit; and an interior surface of the wall, the interior surface being frustoconical in shape and a method of threading a fishhook including the steps of at least partially circumscribing an eyelet of a fishhook with a curved surface of a wall; and directing fishing line adjacent the curved surface and through the eyelet.

Abstract: An ice fishing slush remover for the quick, efficient and orderly capture, removal and discharge of slush from an ice fishing hole. The ice fishing slush remover includes a cylinder with a pair of semi-circular plates pivotally attached to the lower end of the cylinder. A frame is attached to the upper end of the cylinder. A pair of rods run the length of the cylinder and are attached to the pair of semi-circular plates. The pair of rods are threaded through a pair of openings in the frame. The ends of the pair of rods opposite the semi-circular plates are connected to the handle. When the handle is pushed toward the cylinder the semi-circular plates move downward opening the system. When the handle is drawn upwards the semi-circular plates move upward forming a circle and closing the system. Discharge and capture occurs at the same end of the system.

Abstract: An asymmetrical conical strainer-scoop adapted for clearing ice chips, ice chunks, and other debris from a hole cut through ice covering a body of water. The asymmetrical conical strainer-scoop includes a perforated asymmetrical conical device of a unique design (30), comprised of a flexible and durable material such as UHMW polyethylene in sheet form, which is perforated with a plurality of straining apertures (20), and which is attached to one end of a handle (10), by means of conventional fasteners (22), (24), (32). The handle (10), has a hole (14) bored to provide means for attachment of a wrist-hanger strap.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fish measuring device manufactured from environmentally friendly material and will reduce the manhandling of fish that need to be returned to the water as the fish can be quickly placed into the fish measuring device, an accurate measurement taken and finally, live released as required. The fish measuring device comprises a base member having top and bottom surfaces, first and second sides and first and second ends, side containment means and means for connecting the side containment means to the top surface of the base member, said side containment means providing a fish containment trough and a scale provided within said fish containment trough; and means for extending the fish containment trough to measure larger fish.

Abstract: A device for mechanically impaling a worm on a hook includes a housing enclosing a passageway that terminates in a bait receiving aperture and a hook receiving aperture. Application of suction within the passageway impels a worm at the bait receiving aperture toward and onto a hook located in the passageway at the hook receiving aperture.

Abstract: An electronic fishing information recording and storage device is disclosed. The device attaches to a traditional fishing rod and reel assembly and automatically records the number of casts executed with the subject rod and reel. For each fish caught, the device is capable of recording relevant information about the type of fish and weather conditions at the time of catch. Means are provided for transfer of fishing information to a traditional personal computer. The device provides a method for tournament fishing wherein the allotted time for each contestant to fish can be replaced by the number of casts allotted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fish measuring device manufactured from environmentally friendly material and will reduce the manhandling of fish that need to be returned to the water as the fish can be quickly placed into the fish measuring device, an accurate measurement taken and finally, live released as required. The fish measuring device comprises a base member having top and bottom surfaces, first and second sides and first and second ends, side containment means and means for connecting the side containment means to the top surface of the base member, said side containment means providing a fish containment trough and a scale provided within said fish containment trough; and means for extending the fish containment trough to measure larger fish.

Abstract: An ice fishing trap is provided to be suspended within an ice fishing hole such that once a fish has been pulled partway through the hole the fish will remain caught even if the fish is freed from the fishing line having initially caught the fish thereon. A collar is suspended within the ice fishing hole by a pair of support arms arranged to rest on a top side of the sheet of ice in which the ice fishing hole is bored. A plurality of gate members are pivotally mounted about a periphery of the collar to extend radially inward therefrom. Each gate member is a wedge shaped member having a blunt end positioned adjacent the center of the opening of the collar in the closed position. The blunt ends of the gate members are arranged to grip a fish therebetween as they are pivoted upward into an open position to grip the fish even if the fish is only pulled partway therethrough.

Abstract: A weighing device includes a tubular housing, a pair of levers pivotally secured the tubular housing and each having a jaw biased to grasp an object to be weighed and a handle for moving the jaws away from each other against a spring. The jaws are movable away from each other to grasp the object when the handles are moved toward each other, such that the handles may actuate the jaws away from each other to grasp the object. Two links have outer ends secured to the levers and inner ends secured together. The spring may bias the links to force the handles away from each other.

Abstract: The present invention is a Hackle Grabber which is a fly tying tool used to assist in the clasping and wrapping of materials, such as hackle feathers, peacock herl, tinsel strips, lead wire, and other materials, on the shanks of hooks used for constructing fishing flies. The design of the tool will allow the materials to be wrapped about the shanks of hooks without imparting a twist in the materials each time a wrap is made. The tool is comprised generally of a set of tubes, a spring restrained projectable metal ball, and a rotating handle, all combined so that the metal ball can be made to clasp feathers or small strings of material against one end of a tube, and the tool can itself rotate and wrap the material around a shank without imparting a twist in the material.

Abstract: A data acquisition and retrieval system (11) for fishing. Input means (37) are provided for inputting: (i) geographical positioning data indicating the geographical position of a point for fishing in substantially real-time relative to a region: (ii) weather data indicating the prevailing weather conditions applying to the geographical position of the point in the region; (iii) fish data characterising the fish located at or obtained at the point; (iv) time data specifying the date, time or season corresponding to the real-time at the point; and (v) water condition data of the prevailing environment at the point. A database (60) is provided for storing the data input by the input means (35) relative to the geographical position of the point and linking the data to any previous data stored for the particular geographical position of the point.

Abstract: This invention, “The Fish Finder”, is a stick with a line for the water level marked by a plastic tie and which is painted green at the top, red in the middle, and white at the bottom. When the stick is driven into the lake or river up to the water level the day before, the fisherman can check the stick the next day to see if the water level has risen or dropped. If it is in the green area at the top of the stick, the water level has risen, and the fish will be biting; if the water level is in the red area, the water level has dropped, and the fish will not be biting. Attached to the plastic tie at the water level mark, is a paper fish with directions printed on it which is laminated; the fish is attached to the wooden gauge by inserting the plastic tie through the fish eye cut in the paper fish and then stapling the fish to the plastic tie.

Abstract: An ice hole fishing plug comprising an elongated cylindrical member which is constructed of a closed cell compressible foam material. An upper plate is positioned on the upper end of the cylindrical member and a lower plate is positioned on the lower end of the cylindrical member. An elongated rod extends downwardly through the upper plate, the cylindrical member and the lower plate with the lower end of the elongated rod being secured to the lower plate. A nut is threadably secured to the upper end of the elongated rod above the upper plate. When the nut is threaded down on the rod, the cylindrical member 16 is compressed between the upper and lower plates to cause the cylindrical member 16 to expand radially outwardly into engagement with the side walls of the ice fishing hole. An actuator is also provided for conveniently threading and unthreading the nut at the upper end of the elongated rod.

Abstract: A mount for rigging a single-barb fishhook or a treble hook which temporarily secures the fishhook for rotation by a motorized drill or similar type of equipment or by hand, where the eye is maintained in a generally fixed spatial location on or near the central axis of the mount during rotation, for attachment of a wire leader to the eye of the fishhook. A bore perpendicular to the rotational axis is provided to retain a single-barb fishhook and a cross member is provided to retain a treble hook. A short segment of the wire lead is threaded through the eye and bent back toward the main body of the wire leader. Both the main body and the short segment of the wire leader are then held in fixed relationship while the mount is rotated.

Abstract: An ice fishing device for increasing the effective radial fishing range beyond the radius of a fishing hole comprising a fishing rig with a vertical post and a generally horizontal extendable arm. The vertical post moves axially and rotatably relative to the fishing rig and the extendable arm extends radially from the axis of the post for increasing the effective radial fishing range beyond the radius of the fishing hole.

Abstract: A spring-loaded bobbin for use in tying fly fishing lures has a simple frame carrying a support mechanism having a centered bearing by which an off-the-shelf spool of tying thread is rotatably mounted. The frame carries a thread guide tube that is centered on and extends at rightangles to the spool axis, to receive and deliver the thread. The spool support mechanism includes a coil spring that is tensioned upon the withdrawal of thread from off the spool, so that, on release of the thread by the user, the spool is reverse wound by the tensioned spring, to take up the slack in the thread.

Abstract: The use of epoxies, adhesives and coatings to produce fishing fly bodies and other fishing lures is an increasingly popular practice in fishing fly tying and lure making. The most critical and final step of this process is rotating the fishing fly or lure while the epoxy is curing thereby leveling the coating of the epoxy around the body. My invention is a simple wheel assembly with a spring wrapped around the circumference which is used to secure groups of individual fishing flies and lures before, during and after an epoxy or other finish is applied to them. The assembly holds the fishing flies and lures securely while they are rotating allowing the epoxy or other finish to level about the axis of the fishing flies and lure hooks. My invention allows the user to attach and remove the fishing flies and lures easily and to manipulate the position of the wheel by simply moving it with their hands.

Abstract: A fly casting training device to attach to the end of a fly rod and to teach the proper acceleration and deceleration movement required to produce a “tight loop” fly cast. A fly cast training device is attached to the end of a fly rod and secures a throwing projectile in place. When a proper casting motion is made by the user, which involves a sudden acceleration and deceleration, the throwing projectile is thrown off the end of the rod approximately parallel to the ground. The throwing projectile can be designed to approximate the characteristics of a particular type of fly line and to carry about the same distance as a cast made with that type of fly line. If an improper motion is made, the throwing projectile either is thrown toward the ground at a steep angle or is thrown upward at a steep angle.

Abstract: With reference to FIG. 1, the invention is a water craft. The water craft has a hull 1 and a sail arrangement, and carries a fishing line and baited hook. The water craft can sail across a body of water unmanned to a desired location for fishing. The water craft has control means which enables a fisherman on-shore to cause the water craft's sail to drop, thus minimizing further movement of the water craft. The water craft has self righting means 23 which causes it to revert back to a normal in-use orientation if it is overturned while on the body of water. More particularly, the self righting means incorporates a weight which is acted on by gravity to pull the water craft into the normal in use orientation.

Abstract: A spinning reel for fishing includes a motor that, when activated, automatically reels in a fishing line when a fish bites a hook, whose inner end forms a contact arm of an electrical sensor in the lure. An electrical device such as a vibrator and-or light is also included within the lure in order to help attract fish. Electrical wires lead from the reel to the lure.

Abstract: A baiting system for a fishing hook that controls, directs and holds live fishing bait, specifically leeches, in a confined space for proper threading on a fishing hook without requiring one's hands or fingers to touch the live bait. The system includes a funnel with a stem, a stopper to be inserted into the funnel at the stem, a soft plastic tubing engaged over the lower end of the stem, and at the lower end of the plastic tubing at least one hole followed by a slit, with optional opposing hole and slit, and a binder clip at the bottom to trap the bait. The bait, such as a leech, is dropped into the funnel and positioned by the stopper to slide tail first into the plastic tubing. The barb of the fish hook is inserted through the hole, into the tail of the bait, and then the binder clip is removed and the hooked bait is pulled down through the slit of the plastic tubing.

Abstract: A fish hook holder comprises a cylindrical shape barrel having a plunger inserted therein which is resiliently biased by a spring also residing within the barrel. The holder has a catch positioned near the distal end which can be moved between a retracted and extended position. In the extended position, the plunger is depressed and an object such as the curved portion of a fish hook can be inserted in the gap between the catch and the distal end of the fish hook holder. When the plunger is released, the fish hook is secured between the catch and the distal end of the holder. Because of the cylindrical shape of the barrel, the barrel may be rotated about its longitudinal axis by rolling the barrel between the thumb and finger of a user. Accordingly, the holder not only assists in securing a lure, but also can assist a user in tying a fisherman's knot, or otherwise manipulating the lure for repairs. A sleeve may be placed over the barrel for decoration, or to keep the holder afloat if dropped in water.

Abstract: An ice hole fishing plug comprising an elongated cylindrical member which is constructed of a closed cell compressible foam material. An upper plate is positioned on the upper end of the cylindrical member and a lower plate is positioned on the lower end of the cylindrical member. An elongated rod extends downwardly through the upper plate, the cylindrical member and the lower plate with the lower end of the elongated rod being secured to the lower plate. A nut is threadably secured to the upper end of the elongated rod above the upper plate. When the nut is threaded down on the rod, the cylindrical member 16 is compressed between the upper and lower plates to cause the cylindrical member 16 to expand radially outwardly into engagement with the side walls of the ice fishing hole. An actuator is also provided for conveniently threading and unthreading the nut at the upper end of the elongated rod.

Abstract: A fishing tackle apparatus comprises a base housing having at least one compartment, a lid hinged with the base housing for movement between a closed position covering the base housing and an open position exposing the compartment. The compartment is defined by upstanding side walls, two opposite facing front and rear walls have vertical slits form from a top of the walls to receive therein the crank fitted with the spool. A crank fitted with a spool for winding fishing lines onto the spool is installed in the compartment for winding used fishing line from or to the fishing reel. The crank comprises a shaft connected to a handle. The shaft has an adapter with grooved outer surface to securely engage the spool without slipping. The spool has a center aperture with inner grooves to engage the adapter of the shaft without slipping.

Abstract: A method and fishing apparatus of the type for utilizing wind power to extend the range of a fisherman is provided. The fishing apparatus and method includes: a base maneuverable across the surface of a body of water, the base including a bow rail, a stern rail and a pair of side rails interconnected to form a substantially rectangular base; at least two buoyant pontoons connected to the base; a sail attitude chain connected along a portion of the base; a sail assembly having a mast and a batten frame carrying a sail, the mast being rotatably connected to the bow rail; a fastening mechanism extending from a clew portion of the sail assembly connectable to the sail attitude chain; and a line having at least one hook drop extending therefrom connected to the base.

Abstract: An ice fishing jig with a signal indicator. Signaling a fish bite is enhanced by submerging a guide within a hole bored in an ice surface. An indicator is disposed at least partially within the passage of the guide. Further, a body is movably attached to the guide to occlude and seal a guide aperture in the lower portion of the guide. The body is movably attached to the second end of the guide to submerge the body under the water. A fish line is attached to the body to move the body relative to the guide upon an amount of movement of the fish line. The movement of the body unseals the guide aperture to allow the water to flow into the guide to raise the indicator causing the indicator to protrude above the first end of the guide.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for improving the casting ability of a fly fisherman. The apparatus preferably comprises a fly rod with fly line and a fly replica attached to an end of the fly line. The fly replica preferably further comprises an adhesive material on a surface of said fly replica. The preferred embodiment also comprises a target area for receiving the fly replica. The target area preferably comprises a target and a fish replica. The target has a base portion and a second adhesive material on an upper surface of the target base portion. The fish replica is positioned adjacent to the target. The fish replica is secured by support elements. The support elements keep the fish replica in an upright position, relative to the ground upon which the targets are positioned. The objective is for a user to cast the fly replica onto the target without striking the fish replica with either the fly replica or the fly line.

Abstract: A mount for rigging a single-barb fishhook or a treble hook which temporarily secures the fishhook for rotation by a motorized drill or similar type of equipment or by hand, where the eye is maintained in a generally fixed spatial location on or near the central axis of the mount during rotation, for attachment of a wire leader to the eye of the fishhook. A bore perpendicular to the rotational axis is provided to retain a single-barb fishhook and a cross member is provided to retain a treble hook. A short segment of the wire lead is threaded through the eye and bent back toward the main body of the wire leader. Both the main body and the short segment of the wire leader are then held in fixed relationship while the mount is rotated.

Abstract: A fishing apparatus is provided which overcomes a number of disadvantages with the conventional “jug line” used in jug fishing. The fishing apparatus includes an elongated cylindrical float of a pliable, resilient, and buoyant material. The float has a longitudinal axis and longitudinally spaced first and second ends. An eye is fixedly secured to the first end of the float, and a fishing line has an end attached to the eye. At least one hook is attached to the fishing line at a position spaced from the end of the fishing line. A counterweight is embedded in the second end of the float to assist in maintaining the float in a horizontal position before a fish strikes. The float assumes a vertical position when a fish is caught.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a handless fish holder for holding fish while the hook is removed from the fish by the hands of the user. The present invention discloses a horizontally mounted platform having a pair of fixedly mounted jaws thereon having a first movable jaw pivotably being interposed between two fixed jaws whereby a fish can be held between the jaws. The movable jaw has a means for being locked in an open position and is spring tensioned toward the two fixed jaws. The platform is mounted on an upright standing arm-like member being adjustable vertically with the platform being 360 degrees rotatable. The upright standing arm is mounted on a U-shaped member having a threaded clamp member which can be attached to a boat seat or side or like platform.

Abstract: A metal lip jig threader device for rigging a flexible plastic bait, frozen bait, cut fresh bait, and live bait having a metal lip with one hook on a leader line in one fluid step. Additional dressing such as feathers, fur or hair can be added to the lure. An improved method is shown for making a metallic lipped live or artificial fish lure with at least one hook. An improved metal lip jig is shown having a hook secured by a rivet and spurs.