Patent ID: 7043870

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing fish attractant comprising: a body having an exterior and comprising first and second housing sections, the first and second housing sections being detachably interconnected, the body comprising a fish attractant receiver; at least one fish attractant dispersing opening communicating from the receiver and to the exterior of the body; the first and second housing sections comprising respective first and second fishing line receiving passageway defining members, the fishing line passageway defining members interfitting with one another when the first and second housing sections are interconnected to define a fishing line receiving passageway from the exterior of the body, through the body, and to the exterior of the body; wherein the first and second housing sections are pivotable relative to one another when the first and second housing sections are interconnected, the apparatus comprising a closure which is shiftable as the first and second housing sections pivot relative to one another from a closed position wherein the closure closes the at least one fish attractant dispersing opening and to at least one second open position wherein the closure at least partially does not block the at least one fish attractant dispersing opening such that the at least one fish attractant dispersing opening is at least partially open; and wherein there are plural of said second open positions which vary one from another by the extent to which the closure blocks the at least one fish attractant dispersing opening to thereby vary the extent to which the at least one fish attractant dispersing opening is open.