Patent ID: 9149028
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A contracting fishing lure, comprising: a tubular body portion, wherein the tubular body portion comprises a first open end and an opposite second open end; a removable head portion, wherein the head portion is adjacent the first open end of the tubular body, the head portion comprising a sinker or weight, a groove extending around the head portion, wherein the groove is configured to secure and seal the first open end of the tubular body portion to the head portion, and further wherein the first open end of the tubular body portion is smaller in diameter than the second open end; a channel extending longitudinally through the tubular body portion; a series of flexible ridges and valleys extending around a circumference of the tubular body portion; a tail portion adjacent the second open end of the tubular body portion and opposite the head portion; a fishing hook; a fishing line, wherein the fishing line is drawn through a hole in the head portion, further drawn through the channel extending longitudinally through the tubular body portion, continued through the tail portion, and attached to the fishing hook via a means of attachment; a non-contracted first position, wherein the tubular body portion is in the non-contracted first position when the fishing line is slack; a contracted second position, wherein the tubular body portion is in the contracted second position under action of water pressure when the fishing line is reeled in by an angler; and a significant difference in overall length of the fishing lure between the non-contracted first position and contracted second position to attract the attention of fish; wherein the fishing lure transitions from the non-contracted first position to the contracted second position and back to the non-contracted first position as the fishing lure is drawn through water to mimic the appearance of live bait to attract fish; wherein the means of attaching the fishing line to the fishing hook extends farther into the tubular body portion while in the contracted second position than in the non-contracted first position; wherein the fishing lure transitions from the first position to the second position before a fish bites the fishing lure; wherein the fishing lure has a first configuration with the head portion present and a second configuration with the head portion removed such that the fishing lure is drawn through water as a top water surface lure.