Patent ID: 6546666
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing jig hire comprising:a lure body having a lure body length and a lure body centerline dividing said lure body into a lure body upper half and a lure body lower half, and having a center of gravity located sufficiently below said centerline to bias said lure body upper half toward a predetermined position above said lure body lower half, said lure body having a front end and a back end; a light source, a battery, and a gravity-operated switch in said lure body, said switch being closed when said lure body is in said predetermined position in the water and being open when said lure body is inverted from said predetermined position; a fishline engaging eye attached to said lure body at its front end and extending forward and angularly upward therefrom above said centerline to normally maintain said lure body in said predetermined position in the water in response to a forward pull on said eye by a fishline attached thereto, thereby keeping said switch closed; and fiber optic strands carried by said lure body positioned to be illuminated by said light source, said fiber optic strands each extending behind said lure body a distance of at least said lure body length.