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Fishing lure with reflective surface

An embodiment of an improved fishing lure comprises a fishing lure body having an approximately flat surface on the top side or bottom side of the body and a blade statically affixed to the approximately flat surface. The lure body may include a recess having a wall and a base, wherein the approximately flat surface is at the base of the recess, and wherein around a portion of the perimeter of the recess at least one lip extends inward from the wall of the recess. The blade is preferably disposed in the recess and below the at least one lip. In some embodiments, the approximately flat surface has a float angle between about 30 degrees and about 90 degrees relative to horizontal, and more preferably between about 35 degrees and about 45 degrees relative to horizontal.
Owner:PLASTIC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP

Lure for fishing

PendingUS20250295097A1BaitZoologyMechanical engineering
A lure for fishing according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a main body portion having a cavity therein; a weight provided in the cavity of the main body portion and movable in the cavity; and a hollow cover member provided in the cavity of the main body portion, covering the weight from an outer side, and capable of guiding the weight to an inner side, in which the cavity is partially or entirely visually recognizable from an outside, and one or a plurality of reflecting surfaces or reflectors capable of performing specular reflection of light from the outside is provided on an outer surface of the hollow cover member.
Owner:DAIWA SEIKO CORPORATION

Quick swappable fishing jig

A fishing jig that allows for efficient adaptability, enabling swift transitions between different styles and weights of jig heads without the need for laborious retying. The jig incorporates a screw-on / off mechanism that facilitates the rapid and secure interchangeability of jig heads, eliminating the downtime associated with traditional methods. This expedited swapping capability not only optimizes time spent on the water but also ensures an uninterrupted pursuit of the most suitable bait for the prevailing fishing conditions. Moreover, the jig's user-friendly quick-swap feature accommodates individuals with limited dexterity, enhancing accessibility for a broader range of anglers.
Owner:STACK TACKLE LLC

Fishing lure, assembly and related method

ActiveUS12433275B2BaitElastomerFishery
A fishing lure includes a central body and an elastomer cover that covers fully or partially the central body. Eyes are molded in the elastomer cover and a stabilizer is mounted to a rear of the central body. A hair collar and hair are removably mounted between the stabilizer and the elastomer cover.
Owner:WOLFPACK TACKLE INC

Expandable bait keeper for soft fishing lures

A fishing tackle bait keeper for a fishing hook includes an anchor and an extension member. The anchor has a tapered tip and a sleeve with first and second ends, and plural ribs coupled to the first end. The ribs project in a diverging arrangement from the first end of the sleeve in a direction opposite of the sleeve first end. The ribs move from a deployed position to a retracted position, wherein when the ribs are in the retracted position, the ribs are oriented with the sleeve to allow insertion of the bait keeper into a bait, and wherein when the ribs are in the deployed position, the ribs extend out from the sleeve to resist being removed from the bait, the ribs are normally in the deployed position. The extension member is coupled to the sleeve and having an attachment portion for coupling with the hook.
Owner:PARKS STEVE

Fishing lure with enhanced attachment mechanism

The present disclosure relates to a fishing lure assembly that is comprised of a rigid jig head with and a soft cavity with a specially structured cavity. The improved lure facilitates a secure attachment mechanism that allows for interchangeability of the soft bodies of the lure. The unique geometry of the ridged section of the jig head and the corresponding cavity within the soft body of the lure are designed to interlock without damaging the soft body.
Owner:JYG PRO FISHING LLC

Fishing lure

ActiveUS12382939B1BaitFisheryZoology
An artificial fishing lure that includes an elongate body that has a curling tail extending from an end of the elongate body. The curling tail may curl upward or downward. The lure also includes a feather placed on a predetermined position of the curling tail. The feather placement creates realistic looking optical side to side and back and forth swimming motion so that the lure appears more like a real fish moving through the water.
Owner:CONIGLIO GEORGE J

Y-tube hook system

PendingUS20250374900A1BaitProximateFishery
An artificial bait selectively configurable in a first configuration or a second configuration is provided. In the first configuration, a hook may be positioned and located proximate to an upper side of the artificial bait. In the second configuration, a hook may be positioned and located proximate to a lower side of the artificial bait. The artificial bait may include a body sized and shaped to resemble a natural food source for fish. In addition, a guide may be positioned and located in the body. In the first configuration, fishing line may extend through the guide to an upper side of the body. However, in the second configuration, the fishing line may extend through the body and the guide to a lower side of the body. Thus, a hook may be selectively coupled with the fishing line proximate to the upper side or the lower side of the body.
Owner:PURE FISHING INC

Fishing Lure-Fishing Line Connection System

ActiveUS20250359538A1BaitLinesFisheryEngineering
The invention relates to a fishing lure-fishing line connection system for connecting a fishing line to a fishing lure, wherein at least three eyelets are provided on a weight body. A hanging weight eyelet is provided for attaching a hanging weight, a fishing lure eyelet is provided for attaching a fishing lure, in particular in the form of an artificial lure, and a fishing line eyelet is provided for attaching a fishing line. The eyelets are stationary relative to one another. The hanging weight eyelets and the fishing lure eyelet are configured as open quick-release eyelets which are self-locking to prevent unintentional unhooking, and wherein the weight body is arranged between the fishing lure eyelet and the fishing line eyelet.
Owner:MAYER MICHAEL

Fishing lure line attachment system

ActiveUS20250204505A1Bait
The present invention discloses a fishing lure for knotless line attachment. The fishing lure comprises a nose portion and a tail portion configured to be assembled together. The nose portion includes a proximal hole sized to receive a fishing line. A funnel is formed in the tail portion, and aligned with the proximal hole to guide the fishing line into a groove formed in the tail portion. The groove extends from a top of the tail portion to a gap defined between the nose portion and the tail portion when assembled. A coupling mechanism, such as a threaded engagement, enables rotation or movement of the nose portion relative to the tail portion to securely clamp the fishing line without requiring a knot. The lure further comprises radial grippers to engage the line, wings to guide the line, and an optional flexible weed guard to reduce snagging on underwater debris.
Owner:FOX WILLIAM

Top Slot Hook Chamber for Soft Plastic Fishing Lures

ActiveUS20250248381A1BaitZoologyFishing
The present invention is a soft plastic lure, constructed of a plastic, semi-plastic or combination “soft” and “hard-soft” plastics, where the “nose” of a lure's head exhibits a solid area of a hook anchor for guidance into an internalized receiving channel, proximate to the lure's dorsal area, with a rearwardly attached chamber tab or tabs, at the rear wall of the channel, which provides guide of a hook from said “nose”, into said channel, through an accepting tab, or tabs, wherein the inserted hook is secured where the hook's point is exterior and front-facing. The soft plastic lure is thereby capable, through proper acceptance and placement of a hook, of providing a properly guided and secured hook placement into and within the soft plastic lure ensuring correct placement of the hook and thus correct action, and maximum effectiveness of the soft plastic lure.
Owner:MORRIS JOSHUA W

Underwater fish-luring device

ActiveUS12439901B1BaitAcoustic energyFishery
The underwater fish-luring device is configured for use in attracting fish by mimicking a sound that lobsters naturally produce. The underwater fish-luring device is an acoustic device. The underwater fish-luring device generates acoustic energy that can be detected underwater. The frequency profile of the generated acoustic energy attracts the lobster towards the underwater fish-luring device. The underwater fish-luring device comprises a plurality of levers, a torsion spring, and an acoustic generator. The torsion spring and the acoustic generator attach to the plurality of levers.
Owner:DUELL GARRETT +1

Fishing jigs that securely hold natural worms, and related methods

Fishing jigs designed and configured to firmly hold natural worms during use. In some embodiments, a fishing jig includes a head, a shaft that tapers away from the head, and an impaler that pierces the entire thickness of the body wall of a worm. The cross-sectional size of the shaft proximate to the impaler is selected so that the body wall of the worm is taut when the worm is fully engaged with the fishing jig. In some embodiments, the impaler is angled toward the head of the fishing jig at an angle of 45° or less. In some embodiments, the fishing jig further includes a bumper on its bottom to assist with inhibiting a worm engaged with the fishing jig from catching on underwater objects.
Owner:LEGACY TACKLE LLC

Fishing lure with bait compartment and method of use

A fishing lure can have a bait compartment and a slidable lid. The slidable lid can be moved back and forth in a single dimension between an open position and a closed position when a user applies force to the lid in the single dimension. A ball detent can hold the lid in the closed position, and the ball detent can be overcome to open the lid through the application of force in the single dimension.
Owner:CARLOS EMMANUEL

Lure and attached member

To provide a lure which allows easy replacement of functional members for improving fishing results and hooks, and also prevents snagging and damage to the lure. [Solution] A lure 1 that swims near the water surface or underwater comprises a main body 10 formed to extend from one end side to the other end side in the axial direction, a hollow part 11 that opens toward the lower side of the main body 10 and expands inside at an axially intermediate part of the main body 10, and a needle tip housing part 15 that is disposed above the hollow part 11, opens toward the upper side of the main body 10, and can house the needle tip of a hook 50 inserted through the hollow part 11 so as not to protrude from the main body 10. The lure 1 has a first communication hole 13 that communicates between the hollow part 11 and the needle tip housing part 15, formed in a direction intersecting the axial direction, and the needle tip of the hook 50 can be inserted through the first communication hole 13.
Owner:MADOTACHI INC

Devices and methods for retaining fish bait

The present disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for retaining fish bait. A fish bait retainer provided as part of the disclosed systems, devices, and methods includes a plurality of fish bait retaining features. The fish bait retaining features can be in the form of structural features, such as through holes, blind holes, and grooves. The fish bait retainer can also include surface properties or features that facilitate the retention of fish bait. The fish bait retainer can be securely connected to a fishhook by placing a shank of the fishhook a through hole provided in the fish bait retainer. The fish bait retainer can be used with liquid, gel, or paste type fish bait.
Owner:BLACK WAYNE J +1

Fishing lure

ActiveUS20250366451A1BaitFisheryZoology
A fishing lure formed of a body having a substantially bait fish shape provided with head and tail portions. A plurality of apertures equidistantly spaced along a longitudinal axis of the body. First and second openings formed on the top surface of the lure in fluid communication with an elongated channel extending therefrom along the length of the body of the lure. The channel has a plurality of openings extending from the channel to one or both side walls of the lure. The channel having horizontal portions which intersects the top surface of the lure at the first and second openings and extend downward to the channel. The channel being is suitably sized and shaped for housing a predetermined quantity of scented agents so that the scented agents can be contained within said channel and selectively discharged when said fishing lure travels through the water.
Owner:BAMBUIE BEAR LLC

Lure for fishing

ActiveJP2025103406ABait
To provide a lure in which a single hook is easily and detachably attached to a lure body without moving with respect to a hard lure similarly to a soft lure.SOLUTION: A lure 1A of a first embodiment includes a front body 2, a fishhook 3, and a rear body 4. The front body 2 includes a groove portion G1 and a groove portion G2. The fishhook 3 includes an insertion part 3a. The rear body 4 includes a connection part 4a. By the insertion part 3a being inserted and fitted to the groove portion G1 and the connection part 4a being inserted and fitted to the groove portion G2, the fishhook 3 is engaged with the front body 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:玉木 碧

Fishhook holder

A fishhook holder 10 is configured to hold a fishhook against a soft lure and is made of a resin material, and includes a base 20 configured to contact an outer surface of the soft lure and a tapered shaft 30 protruding from the base 20 and configured to extend through the soft lure. The shaft 30 includes a basal end 30a coupled to the base 20, a distal end 30b opposite the basal end 30a in an axial direction of the shaft 30, an insertion hole 31 located between the basal end 30a and the distal end 30b and configured such that the fishhook extends through the insertion hole 31, and a mark 33 located between the insertion hole 31 and the distal end 30b and indicating a reference position in a case where a portion including the distal end 30b is cut off from the shaft 30.
Owner:GEECRACK USA INC

Lure

To provide a lure that can dramatically improve fishing efficiency by achieving both action performance and hooking performance. [Solution] A lure (1) that swims underwater, comprising a main body (10) formed to extend from one end to the other in the axial direction, a hollow section (12) that opens toward the outside of the main body (10) and expands inward, and a plurality of attachment members (20) that can be housed in the hollow section (12), the attachment members (20) comprising a front attachment member (22) arranged on the front side of the main body (10) and at least one rear attachment member (26) arranged on the rear side of the front attachment member (22), the rear attachment member (26) having a connecting section (30) for connecting to the front attachment member (22), the front attachment member (22) having a connectable section (36) connectable to the connecting section (30), and the rear attachment member (26) being connected to the front attachment member (22) via the connecting section (30) and the connectable section (36) so as to be movable relative to the connectable section (36).
Owner:MADOTACHI INC

Fishing tackle

To provide a fishing tackle capable of enhancing a function of luring a fish.SOLUTION: A fishing tackle 1 comprises a fishing tackle body 3, and a light emission unit 5 which is provided in the fishing tackle body 3, which extends long and which has a light emission region 7 with elasticity.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:LUMICA CORP +1

Coating for enhanced sonar tracking of fishing attractants

A fishing attractant for use in combination with a sonar tracking device includes an outer surface that is at least partially coated with a composition that enhances tracking of the fishing attractant by the sonar tracking device. The composition includes at least one metal or metal alloy that reflects a sonar beam transmitted by the sonar tracking device.
Owner:ROLLER MICHAEL L

Holders and fishing tackle

To provide a holder and a fishing rig equipped with the holder that support the joint between the head and body of a shrimp to prevent the head from falling off, enable easy attachment of the shrimp, and accommodate different shrimp sizes. [Solution] The holder 130 of the present invention is a holder for holding the joint between the head and body of a shrimp B impaled on a main hook 112, and comprises a flexible cylindrical body 131, the cylindrical body 131 is provided with a slit 132 formed along its longitudinal direction, and the cylindrical body 131 is positioned to cover the joint between the head and body of the shrimp B.
Owner:株式会社海遊

Recoil lure

PendingEP4666853A1Bait
The fishing lure (1) provided herein may include a body (5) which may comprise a dynamic portion (15) and a static portion (10). The dynamic portion (15) may be shaped like a serpentine path and may be configured to adjust in a similar manner as an accordion. The dynamic portion (15) may retract or expand based on movement of water surrounding the fishing lure (1). This retracting and expanding may cause movement of the dynamic portion (15) that may mimic the movement of a fishtail. This movement may be useful when fishing, as it may lure fish by moving in a similar manner as prey.
Owner:PURE FISHING INC

Fishing lure

To provide a lure for fishing capable of simultaneously aiming at the extension of a long casting distance of the lure for fishing and the control of a sinking speed.SOLUTION: The fishing lure 1 includes a lure having a large specific gravity, which is generally called a hard lure, as a base body (weight) 7, and a bag-shaped structure 8 formed of a soft resin, a soft rubber, or the like and covering the base body. Since the base body (weight) 7 and the structure 8 to be covered are integrated, the air resistance at the time of long distance casting and flying can be reduced, and the effect of extending the long distance casting distance is brought about. The mother body is provided with a mechanism for operating the structure to be covered, and the structure to be covered controls the sinking speed and appeals to the target fish species by the operation of the structure after landing on the water, so that an increase in the fishing result can be expected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:工藤 康弘 +1

Lure skirt

ActiveJP7748074B2Bait
To solve a problem that, in fishing using a lure, when a goal is to be achieved with low cost by covering various types of skirts giving versatility and having a fin on the lure without preparing various types of expensive lures, the lure cannot autonomously move unlike a real fish, and therefore, there is a desire to improve a fishing result by luring a target fish by more preferably moving the transitively moving fin by water pressure or water flow.SOLUTION: A portion of each fin is integrally formed by a rubber material by coating connecting a plurality of rod-like portions, a gap between the rod-like portions, and a cylindrical part. The shape of the fin can be changed by partially cutting with scissors for paper. A skirt having the fin can be mounted to other lures having different dimensions in a general-purpose manner.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:OTIS株式会社