Patent ID: 6658785
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A bait fish lure comprising: a unitary body including a lower medial rib having a forward end and a rearward end, said rib having an apertured nose section at a forward end and a pair of laterally spaced, vertically extending wing sections attached to said nose section and the rearward end of said rib, said medial rib having an upper surface substantially planar between said forward end and said rearward end, said nose section with said wing sections defining a trough for receiving the head of a bait fish with the eyes thereof rearwardly of the nose section and above the wing sections, symmetrically disposed downwardly and outwardly flared upper surfaces on said wing sections for balancing said body during forward movement and imparting turbulence along the-body of the bait fish for imparting simulated natural movement to the tail thereof, symmetrically disposed upwardly and outwardly lower surfaces flaring from said medial rib to said upper surfaces for promoting hydrodynamically stable forward movement to said lure, a plurality of inwardly projecting hooks on said inner surface of said wing sections for penetrating the side of the bait fish; said wing sections extending beyond said rearward end of said medial rib forming a rearwardly opening groove; and means for connecting a leader at a said nose section and a barbed hook at the rearward end of said medial rib.