Patent ID: 9185891
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A combination device having a fishing hook and a sinker weight comprising: (a) the fishing hook comprising a top end, defining a hook eye and having a hook point side, the top end extending down to a shank, a bend and then up to a hook point, said fishing hook defining a hook longitudinal length from the bottom of the bend to the top end and a hook point distance from the top end to the hook point; (b) a first ring connector having a perimeter defining a single opening therein, the first ring connector rotatably directly engaging the top end through the hook eye, and also directly engaging a second ring connector and a fishing line, at least portions of the hook eye, the second ring connector and the fishing line extending through the single opening, the fishing line being also connected with a user line tension means, wherein the second ring connector connects to the first ring connector between a connection location of the fishing line to the first ring connector and a side of the top end opposite of the hook point side; (c) the second ring connector being further directly connected with a sinker weight via the second ring connector extending through a connector loop of the sinker weight, where the second ring connector and the sinker weight define a weight longitudinal length; and (d) the weight longitudinal length is from ten percent to one hundred fifty percent of the hook longitudinal length.