Patent ID: 7152359
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing hook retaining apparatus comprising, in combination: a sleeve having an interior of sufficient size to secure therein a barb and a point of at least one fish hook; wherein an underside of the sleeve is shaped to conform to a shaft of a fishing pole; means for securing the sleeve to the shaft; a channel in an upper surface of the sleeve, extending from a front edge of the sleeve part of the distance toward a rear edge of the sleeve; wherein an interior of the sleeve is divided into a first side and a second side; a magnet secured in the interior of the sleeve within the first side; and an upward projecting ridge along a bottom interior length of the sleeve and a downward projecting ridge along a top interior length of the sleeve, and wherein a first side of the magnet contacts an interior side of the sleeve, and a second side of the magnet contacts each of upward projecting and downward projecting ridges.