Patent ID: 9326495
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for attracting fish, comprising: a rotating impeller shaft defining a rotational axis substantially parallel to a surface of a body of water when deployed therein; an impeller with a hub axially aligned with and coupled to the rotating impeller shaft, one or more flat planar blades each defined by a trailing edge and a leading edge and extending radially from the hub in an orthogonal relationship to the rotational axis of the shaft without pitch and having a proximate end fixed to the hub and an opposed distal end with a cupped paddle projecting from each of the one or more flat planar blades and defining a paddle leading surface and a paddle trailing surface; a support rod defining a lengthwise axis, the rotating shaft being mounted thereto with its rotational axis in a fixed substantially orthogonal relationship to the lengthwise axis of the support rod; and a motor coupled to the rotating impeller shaft; wherein the impeller and the rotating impeller shaft are maintainable in partial submersion in the body of water when suspended from the support rod, and the cupped paddle generates turbulence and cavitation upon alternatingly entering and exiting the body of water as the impeller is rotated, visual and audible side effects of the turbulence and cavitation being simulative of fish feeding activity.