Patent ID: 8020338
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A weedless and surface floating fishing lure consisting of: a) a floating body composed of soft flexible polymer plastic formed to resemble soft bodied natural prey of fishes and including floatation means whereby the fishing lure floats on the water surface during fish line retrieval, said soft flexible polymer plastic having vacuoles, wherein the vacuoles allow the floating body to float, and wherein said floating body includes elements that contain and slowly release chemical fish attractants by dissolution in water; b) said floating body including, at an end thereof, a forwards facing concave surface, capable of straddling the waterline, whereby water caught in front of said forwards facing concave surface during retrieval of said fishing lure is redirected into the air, creating a splash across a surface of the water to attract the attention of fishes, the floating body behind the concave surface forming sinusoidal oscillations in response to the retrieval of the fishing lure; and c) said fishing lure including at least one fishing hook inserted completely through the forwards facing concave surface and a portion of the floating body adjacent the forwards facing concave surface wherein a point and a barb of the at least one fishing hook is inserted back into the floating body resulting in the point and the barb being buried inside of the floating body rendering the at least one fishing hook weedless, a portion of the at least one fishing hook between ends of the at least one fishing hook extending out of the floating body behind the concave surface, wherein one or more boreholes penetrate through said forwards facing concave surface, through said floating body, and extend outwards through a side of said floating body at one or more places along a length of said floating body whereby the at least one fishing hook or a leader is capable of being coupled through said one or more boreholes to the fishing line.