Dead Bait Trolling Rig With Stabilized Live-Bait Motion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing trolling methods face challenges with artificial lures lacking the attraction properties of natural bait in terms of smell and taste, while live baits require significant skill to maintain during trolling, and dead baits have less attractive movement.

Innovation Solution

A trolling device designed to secure dead bait, featuring a body for receiving bait, a securer for releasable attachment, and a stabilizer for maintaining an upright position in water, mimicking live bait movement and enhancing attraction through smell and taste.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If artificial trolling lures are used, then movement through water is attractive to fish, but smell and taste attraction is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisual attraction through light reflectionVSAvoidsmell and taste properties

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines artificial lure components (for visual attraction through light reflection and movement) with natural bait components (for smell and taste attraction) into a single integrated trolling device. The body houses both the artificial lure elements and the natural bait, allowing both visual and sensory attraction mechanisms to work simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Quantity of substance

If dead natural baits are used, then smell and taste attraction is maintained, but movement through water becomes less attractive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesmell and taste propertiesVSAvoidvisual attraction through movement

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates dead natural bait with artificial lure components that provide attractive movement through water. The artificial lure elements are positioned to move independently or in coordination with the dead bait, creating visual attraction while the dead bait maintains its smell and taste properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates movable components and flexible elements that create dynamic movement patterns in the water. The artificial lure portions can move independently to simulate live prey behavior, enhancing visual attraction while the dead bait remains stationary or moves passively, maintaining its sensory properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Quantity of substance

If live baits are used, then both smell/taste and movement attraction are maintained, but technical difficulty of baiting and trolling increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesmell, taste, and movement propertiesVSAvoidskill required for baiting and trolling

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses dead natural bait as a disposable component that is pre-prepared and inserted into the device body. This eliminates the need to maintain live bait during trolling, as the dead bait requires no feeding, oxygen, or special care, significantly reducing the technical skill and ongoing maintenance required.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent allows the bait to be prepared in advance as dead bait, which can be stored and transported easily. The bait is pre-processed and ready for insertion into the device body before trolling begins, eliminating the need for complex live bait preparation and maintenance procedures during the fishing activity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Device complexity

If a simple body structure is used, then device complexity is reduced, but reliability of bait securing and stabilizing decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestructural simplicityVSAvoidbait securing and stabilizing performance

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the trolling device into distinct functional segments: a body for housing components, a securer mechanism for securing bait, and a stabilizer for maintaining proper orientation. Each segment performs a specific function, allowing the overall device to remain relatively simple while ensuring reliable performance of each critical function through dedicated design.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The device effectively attracts fish by mimicking live bait movement and leveraging the smell and taste of dead bait, providing a simple and effective trolling solution.

Implementation Method 1

a stabiliser for stabilising the body when moving in water

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectBuoyancy: Archimedes' Principle (Buoyancy)

Implementation Method 2

a stabiliser for stabilising the body when moving in water

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHydrodynamic stability: Drag

Data Source

PatentUS12465031B2Trolling rig

Publication Date: 2025.11.11 GRAGYIK PTY LTD

AI summary

A trolling device is provided, the trolling device comprising a body for receiving dead bait; a securer for releasably securing the dead bait received by the body; and a stabiliser for stabilising the body when moving in water, wherein the securer and stabiliser are connected with the body. Related systems, kits, and methods are also provided.