Patent ID: 7246462
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A lure retriever for recovering a fishing lure snagged under water and connected via a front lure mounting fixture and an inclined fishing line of limited tensile strength to a fisher person above water, the retriever comprising an elongated body having a density greater than water, said body having a pair of hooks located on the body upper end and protruding transversely away from the rounded neck and having adjacent horizontally separated faces oriented to line up on opposite sides of the fishing line and to overlie opposite side portions of the line and lure mounting fixture; and means on said lower body end spaced from the neck for connecting a strong recovery cord suited upon being tensioned for rotating the retriever about the neck to a non-vertical orientation that causes the hooks to straddle and become secured relative to said lure mounting fixture and snagged lure, wherein tensioning said recovery cord with a force potentially greater than the limited capacity of the fishing line can provide retrieval of the snagged lure.