Fishing lures

Abstract

The specific requirement of trapping scallops means that, for fishing lures using light as an attractant, it is more efficient for most of the light from the lure to be cast horizontally, with little to no light being wasted vertically (either up or down). Using cheap, mass-produced LED lights would conventionally involve arranging a plurality of such lights in a horizontal ring; however, the use of a large number of such LEDs increases the cost of the device, as well as the power required from a power source, thereby decreasing the operating time of the lure. The present invention provides a fishing lure in which a diverging optical arrangement 44, 45 disperses light from a single LED 43 over a greater range of angles 35. In this way, light from a conventional light source disposed above a point on the seabed may be directed further from the point on the seabed. In addition, flux from the conventional light source is not wasted by directing it to the point on the seabed, where it is not needed to attract scallops.

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