Fishing Lure Clapper Device for Enhanced Fish Attraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fishing lures lack a component to generate sound, relying mainly on visual attractants or scents to entice fish, which limits their effectiveness in attracting bites and increasing catch rates.
Innovation Solution
A fishing lure clapper device with a strike member having a water flow contact surface that moves randomly and repetitively strikes the lure, creating vibrations and clapping sounds due to water flow, enhancing attraction and agitation of fish.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional fishing lures use only visual attractants or scents, then the lure structure remains simple, but the effectiveness in attracting bites and increasing catch rates is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple attractant mechanisms (visual, acoustic, and vibrational) into a single lure system. The clapper member is integrated with the lure body to create sound and vibration effects alongside visual attraction, thereby increasing catch rates without requiring multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The clapper member is designed to move dynamically relative to the lure body through a loose connection that allows random motion. This dynamic movement creates repetitive striking actions that generate sound and vibration, transforming a static lure into an active sound-producing device
2Productivity
If a strike member is added to generate sound, then fish attraction improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The clapper member is designed to function autonomously by utilizing the natural flow of water during lure retrieval. The water current causes the clapper to move and strike the lure body without requiring external power sources, complex mechanisms, or additional energy input, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving sound generation
Solution Approach 2:
The striking action of the clapper member against the lure body generates mechanical vibrations and sound waves in the water. This mechanical vibration principle converts the kinetic energy of water flow into acoustic signals that attract fish, providing an effective sound attraction mechanism through simple mechanical interaction
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 increases fish attraction and strike rates by generating audible vibrations and clapping sounds, improving the lure's effectiveness in enticing fish to bite.
Implementation Method 1
flow of the water against the water flow contact surface of the strike member may cause the strike member to move at random orientations
Implementation Method 2
repetitively strike or clap against the side of the fishing lure, creating vibration and clicking or clapping sounds
Data Source
AI summary
A fishing lure clapper device may include a fishing lure such as a spoon lure or spinner lure. A strike member may be loosely attached to the fishing lure. The strike member may have at least one water flow contact surface. The water flow contact surface may be at least partially concave and/or at least partially convex. Accordingly, throughout retrieval of the lure on a fishing line through water in a water body, flow of the water against the water flow contact surface of the strike member may cause the strike member to move at random orientations and repetitively strike or clap against the side of the fishing lure, creating vibration and clicking or clapping sounds in the water to attract fish and agitate or entice the fish to strike the lure.