Abstract: Polymer blends, methods of making the polymer blends, and articles of manufacture that include the polymer blends are described. A polymer blend can include a high density polyethylene (HDPE) polymer and a random block copolymer. The random block copolymer can include two different saturated alkane blocks between aromatic blocks (e.g., two styrenic blocks).

Abstract: An illuminating marine fish attractor includes a bait reservoir, an insulated container, a floating deck, at least one illuminating device, a power source, a power switch, and a floating line. The bait reservoir is attached to the floating deck and attract fishes towards the floating deck. The illuminating device is connected onto the floating deck so that the bait reservoir can be illuminated. To illuminate the bait reservoir, the illuminating device is electrically connected to the power source through the power switch and oriented toward the bait reservoir. The floating deck and the insulated container are tethered to each other by the floating line so that the floating deck can be utilized within a body of water while the insulated cooler functions as a base for the floating line.

Abstract: An adjustable depth fishing lure including a lip and a lure body is provided. The lip is partially received in a slot of the lure body and is movable to predetermined positions relative to the lure body. The lip may include an eyelet. The lip includes a locking member and the lure body includes a plurality of teeth. The locking member is configured to engage at least one of the teeth to fix the lip relative to the lure body at one of the predetermined positions. This engagement between the locking member and the teeth provides a rigid connection that resists loading applied to the lip by the fisherman pulling on the fishing line and/or a fish biting a hook connected to the lure body.

Abstract: A system in which players participate as characters in a virtual game world via game clients executing on client devices and communicate via an in-game communications channel. A messaging service is provided that enables active players to communicate with non-players via messaging platform(s). A player may send a message to another person via an in-game communications channel; upon detecting that the person is not active in the game, the service maps the person's identity to one or more messaging platform endpoints, tags the source of the message with the sending player's in-game identity, and forwards the message to the person via the messaging platform(s). The person may respond to the message via the messaging platform(s). The identities of the active player may be obfuscated so that a player's personal contact information is not exposed.

Abstract: Embodiments relates to a hook side fastener having hooks and a loop side fastener having loops. The hooks and/or loops are made of bulk solidifying amorphous metal alloy. Other embodiments relate to methods of making and using the hook side and loop side fasteners.

Abstract: A fishing lure having a material that is magnetically attracted to a magnet slid down a fishing line connected to the lure. A movable hook shaft housed within the lure is spring loaded to a position where a free end thereof is captured within the lure and a hook attached to the hook shaft cannot be removed from the free end. When the magnet is slid down the fishing line and magnetically influences the magnetic material, the hook shaft is moved to a position where the free end thereof is exposed and the hook can be removed therefrom.

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: A composite pest barrier (10) comprising mesh sheeting (13) and a pest deterrent associated with the mesh sheeting. The mesh sheeting (13) typically comprises woven mesh sheeting. The pest deterrent comprises a pest resistant material. The pest deterrent may be associated with the mesh sheeting (13) in any suitable way. In one arrangement, the pest deterrent comprises a membrane (15) applied to the mesh sheeting, the membrane (15) carrying pest resistant material. In another arrangement, the pest deterrent comprises pest resistant material applied to the mesh sheeting (15). In yet another arrangement, the pest deterrent is incorporated into the mesh sheeting (15) itself.

Abstract: In the fishing lure art there is a need for a lure that remains near and parallel to the surface of the water not only when the lure is reeled in by a fisherman, but also when the lure is stationary or left to the whims of the water's current. Described are lures having a floating body that is incorporated into a non-linear lure design. Some arrangements of the invention comprise fins on the floating body to allow the lure to generate noise as it moves through the water. Still other arrangements of the invention have a ballast that adds weight and stability to the lower portion of the lure.

Abstract: A water toy comprises an elongated buoyant body, a front attachment point, a weighted figurine, and a fin. The elongated buoyant body has a nose, a tail, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The top surface and the bottom surface meet at an outer edge. The front attachment point is disposed upon the bottom surface at the nose. The front attachment point comprises an aperture. The weighted figurine is disposed upon the top surface toward the nose. The fin extends from the bottom surface toward the tail. The water toy may comprise a rear attachment point for attaching a fish hook or lure and/or a water foil disposed upon the bottom surface at the tail.

Abstract: A fishing contest is implemented by entering a plurality of lures in the fishing contest, receiving fishing data used to judge the fishing contest from the plurality of lures, and determining a winner of the fishing contest in response to the received fishing data. Each lure includes a memory that stores a unique identifier value. This unique identifier value is stored in a database when the lure is entered in the contest. The fishing data that later becomes associated with the lure during the course of fishing (e.g., fish size, time the fish was caught, ambient conditions) is subsequently downloaded along with the unique identifier. The unique identifier stored in the data base is compared with the unique identifier downloaded with the fishing data to verify the fishing data. The verified fishing data is analyzed at the end of the contest to determine a winner.

Abstract: A custom fishing lure and a method for making a custom fishing lure. The fishing lure generally comprises one or more beads threaded on an elastic band. The elastic band secures the bead to a fishing line and, in an embodiment, secures hackle and other components to the fishing lure. The method of the invention generally comprises stretching an elastic band, threading the stretched elastic band and a length of fishing line through the aperture of a bead, and then releasing the tension on the elastic band. In an additional embodiment, the method includes the additional steps of securing the ends of the elastic band so as to hold the elastic band in a stretched condition, threading hackle or other components partially through the bead aperture, and then releasing the ends of the elastic band to secure the hackle or other component on the fishing lure.

Abstract: A fishing lure, which may be a jig, rig, spinnerbait, crankbait, plug or the like, includes a bait saving fish hook, which includes a wire strand resilient bait guard. The bait guard includes a pair of hook-shaped attachment portions that engage the eyelet of the fish hook. A collar with ends having interdigitating teeth securely clamps the attachment portion of the bait guard to the shank of the fish hook. The bait saving fishing hook facilitates use of natural bait with a lure, which imparts lure movement to the natural bait and heightens arousal of predatory fish.

Abstract: A fishing lure comprising a shaft, means at one end of the shaft for affixing a line thereto, a means located at the other end for attaching a fishing hook, said shaft being tapered to a point at the end which is to be attached to the fishing line, a means for preventing a bait that is skewered onto the shaft from slipping off from the hook end of the shaft.

Abstract: A bi-metal power supply fishing lure comprises a housing having a water-tight internal cavity, an exterior surface, a forward end and an aft end; an anode mounted into said exterior surface of said housing such that said anode is exposed to an electrolyte when said bi-metal power supply fishing lure is immersed in said electrolyte; a cathode mounted into said housing such that said anode is exposed to an electrolyte when said bi-metal power supply fishing lure is immersed in said electrolyte; an electronic assembly, mounted within said water-tight internal cavity of said housing, in electrical contact with said anode and said cathode thereby creating a galvanic cell when said bi-metal power supply fishing lure is immersed in said electrolyte, said electronic assembly designed and configured to generate, store, regulate and distribute electrical power; and a low-voltage direct current device.

Abstract: A fishing lure is made of a heat-moldable material. A person can warm the lure and then form the lure to have a desired shape. The lure holds its shape after it has cooled. In some embodiments material of the lure body is transparent and the lure includes a sheet of graphics which can be seen when the lure body is observed.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a transparent lure body having one or more optical windows that operate as lenses for one or more digital cameras mounted within the transparent lure body. The transparent lure body is shaped like a fish, and the optical windows/digital cameras are located at positions that correspond with the eyes of the fish. Annular eye pieces can be mounted over the optical windows to enhance the appearance of the lure. A reflective shroud, patterned to imitate the body surface of a fish, is mounted within the transparent lure body. Light emitting devices within the transparent lure body can be controlled to emit different colored light through the transparent lure body. Detachable bills/fins can be coupled to the transparent lure body to control the movement of the fishing lure through the water.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to a biocompatible, biodegradable, and moldable plastic carrier for a fish attractant or stimulant suitable for use as a component of an artificial fish bait. The carrier comprises one or more grades of poly(vinyl alcohol), a plasticizer, a humectant, and water. It may additionally contain one or more of the following additives: fish olfactory/gustatory stimulants, visually stimulating colorants, preservatives, scrim, and biodegradation enhancers. The present subject matter additionally relates to a method for the production of such carriers and fish bait or lures incorporating the carrier.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a lure body and a shank coupled to the body through an opening in the lure body. The opening has a size and the shank is configured to enable the shank to freely rotate within the opening.

Abstract: A trolling teaser including a tubular hull having at least one substantially planar end face. The tubular hull has a circumference defined by a wall. A plurality of channels is formed in the wall of the tubular hull.

Abstract: A fishing reel housing for attachment to a rod along a longitudinal rod axis. The housing has a shaft for accepting a central bore of a line dispensing spool and an adjustment mechanism for selectively adjusting the shaft in position transversely away from the rod axis while maintaining its position along the rod axis. A fishing reel comprises the reel housing with a spool with a central bore mounted thereon. A fishing apparatus comprises at least one rod having a mount to support a fishing reel thereon with the reel mounted on thereon. A kit comprises the reel housing and at least one line dispensing spool having a central bore for mounting on the shaft of the fishing reel housing and may comprise one or more rods, lines and/or lures.

Abstract: A fishing lure includes a fishing lure body and a waterproof camera. The waterproof camera is operatively connected to the fishing lure body.

Abstract: An electronic sound module in a fishing lure in the water is activated by a fisherman on the shore to broadcast a pre-recorded actual or simulated sound of a bait creature. In a preferred embodiment, a motion sensor in the sound module activates the sound chip and micro speaker when the fisherman tugs on the line, a water sensing automatic on-off switch turns the power on and off, and the battery is charged by an external charging coil. An alternate embodiment remote radio controlled robotic fishing lure device replicates bait animals in size, shape, movement and sound.

Abstract: An artificial fishing lure having two separate uses resembling both a squid or a baitfish dependent upon the hook set direction. The lure has a cylindrical body member and elongated flexible tentacles. The lure may be operated in a forward direction to resemble a baitfish and a backward direction to resemble a squid. The lure body has perforations so that the bait fish tail area can be manually torn from the lure body for use as a squid looking bait.

Abstract: A fishing lure (10) engages the senses of predatory fish, ie smell by the emission of fish oil from a compartment (74, FIG. 7), movement of the tail portion (18, FIG. 2), the colour of LED eyes (92, FIG. 3) and changeable rubber casings (16, 18, FIG. 2). Hooks (30, 32, 34, FIG. 3) provided on a body (12, 14, FIG. 2) of the lure (10) are biased towards the lure. The hooks (30, 32, 34) can be latched in a primed position, such that disturbance of the latch releases the hook, which is drawn rapidly towards the body of the lure (10).

Abstract: The invention claims a novel fishing lure comprising a segmented portion wherein the segmented portion is rigid. The invention also claims a novel wing feature comprising a rotating wing bar, a blade and a wing lock.

Abstract: A fishing lure that is water-degradable is described. The fishing lure can be a polymeric fishing lure. The fishing lure can have a body that includes vinyl resin and epoxy plasticizer, and may also include one or more of a supplemental plasticizer, heat stabilizer and/or fish attractant, and wherein the body is degradable upon immersing the body in water a body.

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: Devices, methods of manufacture, kits and methods of use for attracting aquatic animals to be caught are provided. In various embodiments the device includes a body, with an interior bar extending lengthwise in a channel in the body, an anterior loop and exterior loop on the anterior end and posterior ends of the bar respectively, a plate set into a transverse dorsal exterior slot in the body, and a weight in an interior chamber. The anterior loop of the device is attached to a vessel and the posterior loop is attached to one or more lures for hooking aquatic animals. In various embodiments the device is manufactured and/or painted to resemble a bait fish.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flasher, which has attachment points at two opposite ends for a line or hook used in fishing. The flasher includes two plate pieces, between which a connection is arranged, which permits the mutual movement of the plate pieces.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fishing lure comprising a body member, the body member having an outer surface comprising one or more indentations and/or one or more protuberances. The indentations and/or protuberances located on the outer surface of the body member results in an increased bubble trail when the lure is pulled through water.

Abstract: A surface lure designed to mimic the appearance of an injured fish. The surface lure has a flat top surface which helps maintain the lure in a proper orientation in the water when reeled in. The surface lure also has a contoured bottom surface which is designed to mimic the appearance of a fish floating on its side when viewed from below the lure. The flat top surface may be painted a visually distinctive color so that the fisherman can easily spot the lure in the water.

Abstract: A weighting material for use with fishing tackle includes a gel base material and a distributed tungsten filler material suspended in the gel base material. The weighting material can be applied to a fishing tackle article to provide weighting.

Abstract: A fishing lure is composed of polyvinyl alcohol in combination with urea, agar or both to be highly performing and biodegradeable without requiring a freeze/thaw cycle.

Abstract: A method of producing a fishing lure and a fishing lure produced therefrom wherein the method comprises forming a lure body from a plastic material having a coffee material incorporated therein and/or applying a coffee material to one or more exterior surfaces of the lure.

Abstract: A fishing lure component or fishing lure which comprises a plurality of egg shaped members connected by a line, where the plurality of egg shaped members and the line are made of an elastomeric material, the elastomeric material having a shore OO durometer of less than or equal to 15.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things fishing apparatus including a front portion, a rear portion pivotably coupled to front portion, and a trailing cup-shaped member pivotably coupled to the rear portion and rotationally restricted relative to the rear portion, wherein movement of water over the cup-shaped member causes the cup-shaped member to rock side-to-side and causes the rear portion to pivot relative to the front portion of the fishing apparatus to simulate the swimming action of a fish or other animal.

Abstract: Stick-on Bait is disclosed. The bait is configured to be applied to submerged portions of a boat hull where swimming fish in the vicinity can view them. The bait includes a flexible substrate and a fish-attracting design on its outer side. The back side includes a water-proof adhesive material. The bait is shaped like a small fish in two dimensions. The outer surface may further have a metallic film providing a kaleidoscopic pattern therein.

Abstract: A soft gelatinous elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait, floss, liner and other uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene block copolymer(s) and one or more plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram BlooField of the Invention.

Abstract: Soft, tear resistant gel, gel composites and gel articles for various uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more block copolymers with or without one or more selected other polymers and additives in combination with one or more selected plasticizers being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom.

Abstract: A soft gelatinous food elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a thermoplastic elastomer block copolymers) and one or more plasticizers and a food or components of food.

Abstract: Described is a fishing lure system for use with fishing line. The fishing lure system consists of a spoon shaped lure body having a convex inner surface on which is attached a hook. Centrally mounted to the convex inner surface is a bracket having a curved portion to hold a rattle. The bracket also includes an elongated portion on which is mounted a removable skirt. Attached to the top surface of the bracket is a brush guard having a plurality of filaments extending from the bracket to the hook end. A connector is attached to the lure body for connection to a fishing line. The connector may optionally consist of an elongated wire on which is mounted a propeller.

Abstract: A two-part wobbler equipped with a wobbling plate and having in its front part a fixing loop for attachment of the line and a hook fixed to its rear part. The front and the rear part joined by a joint, which allows relative movement of these parts so as to give the wobbler movements resembling the swimming movements of small fish. The fixing loop is connected to a rapid fixing hook, to which a flap resembling a fish, a spinner, a butterfly or any similar additional lure can be fixed.

Abstract: A fishing lure is disclosed which includes a body portion and a fish hook associated with the body portion. The fishing lure further includes an absorbent interior portion and an attachment line passing through the interior portion. The body portion comprises a soft plastic resin and the interior portion comprises a porous material. Preferably the porous material is impregnated with a fish scent attractant. The interior portion, and a segment of the attachment line proximal to the interior portion, is encapsulated by the body portion. Multiple body portions may be included in various forms and connected by the attachment line. A securing means is provided for attaching the attachment line and body portions to the fish hook.

Abstract: Fly-tying apparatus include at least a retractable clamp table and a retractable gripping clamp, each configured for handling delicate threads for use in creating fishing lures. In particular, fly-tying materials (e.g., hackle, dubbing, synthetic materials, etc.) can be inserted into a retractable slot in the clamp table, and can be removed from the clamp table using the gripping clamp. The gripping clamp can be used to hold the materials while being processed (e.g., removing a stem from a feather), and for attaching the fly-tying materials to a tying thread. Cylindrical tools are also provided for further processing more fine strands such as synthetic threaded materials, and for adding these with other fly-tying materials (e.g., hackle, dubbing), as appropriate.

Abstract: A vibrating fishing lure. The vibrating fishing lure includes a pre-programmed microprocessor that is pre-programmed to effect an intermittent operation of the vibrator to effect an intermittent movement of the a lure body component to simulate a healthy, dying or distressed organism used to attract and catch fish.

Abstract: A soluble, moving, sound producing bait apparatus and method (10) includes, according to one embodiment of the invention, a water soluble completely biodegradable medium (12). A water soluble reactant (14) is dispersed within medium (12). According to one embodiment, water soluble reactant (14) includes CO2 charged sugar crystals (16). When introduced to water, medium (12) dissolves as do sugar crystals (16). As sugar crystals (16) begin to dissolve, the trapped CO2 escapes at the weakest point creating shattered pieces (18) of sugar crystals (16) and producing an audible sound (20). In addition to the creating sound (20), the reaction of the water soluble reactant (14) with water causes movement (22). According to another embodiment of the invention, a fish attractant (28) is added to medium (12).

Abstract: Natural, biodegradable compositions are described as well as methods for their manufacture. Fishing lures and other items made of the biodegradable materials disintegrate over time in fresh or salt water to reduce pollution. The materials are digestable by fish and other aquatic animals, reducing potential harm to the animal from ingesting a fishing lure or other item made from the natural biodegradable materials disclosed. Because the material is digestable, it can also be used as a food source or supplement for fish and aquatic animals.

Abstract: A sport fishing system having: a rod and reel, including fishing line; at least one fishing lure or natural bait; and a controlled released fish attractant for applying to the fishing lure or natural bait. The system may further include an applicator for applying the controlled released fish attractant to the fishing lure or natural bait. In the preferred embodiment, the controlled release fish attractant includes: an attractant and a substantially hydrophobic, film forming release agent.

Abstract: A surface fishing lure includes a body, a hydrodynamic lip, a hook attachment, a line attachment, a counterweight, a propeller, and a propeller stabilizer. Advantageously, a surface fishing lure utilizing a preferred embodiment of the present invention is significantly more successful in attracting and catching large game fish, such as Muskie.