Patent ID: 6779291
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A sound transmitting device in combination with a playback device which includes an amplifier having speaker connections and which generates a pre-recorded sound signal for transmitting the sound signal to a fishing lure on a fishing line of a fishing rod, the sound transmitting device comprising:a vibrating element arranged to be supported on the fishing rod for movement relative to the fishing rod; a coupling mechanism arranged to couple the vibrating element to the fishing rod to transmit vibrations of the vibrating element to the fishing rod; and a pair of electrical leads coupled between the vibrating element and the speaker connections of the amplifier of the playback device such that the vibrating element is arranged to receive a the pre-recorded sound signal from the playback device and to vibrate in response to receipt of the sound signal at a frequency dependent upon a frequency of the pre-recorded sound signal and at an amplitude dependent upon an amplitude of the pre-recorded sound signal.