Patent ID: 7174669

Claim:
An apparatus for a fishing lure in combination with a leader, comprising: a) a body, said body being banana-shaped in length with a concave portion and having front and rear ends, first and second sides, first upper and second lower portions each having upper and lower surfaces, said first and second portions being joined together to form said banana-shaped body having a cavity therein, said cavity containing a scented material or bait, wherein said body travels through the water with the concave portion of said banana-shaped body being disposed downwardly, wherein said first and second sides have a plurality of scent apertures therein, wherein said front ends of said first upper and second lower portions have a plurality of leader apertures therein; b) wherein said scent apertures are disposed in a spaced apart relationship along each of said first and second sides of said body from said front end to said rear end to permit water to pass through the scent apertures to distribute the scent of a material or particles of bait into the surrounding water to attract fish; c) wherein said leader apertures are disposed in a spaced apart relationship along each of said first upper and second lower portions, to permit movement of the body to be varied in the water by placement of a leader in different leader apertures, wherein said leader apertures are disposed in about a front one-third of the length of said body; and d) wherein said leader passes first into said body through a leader aperture on said first upper portion of said body closest to the front end of said body, through said cavity and out through another leader aperture in said first upper portion further from said front end, back into said cavity through another leader aperture still further away from said front end of said body, then through a leader aperture on said second lower portion of said body, wherein a distal end of the leader is then connected to a treble fish hook after passing through surgical tubing, a single hook attached to said leader between an end of said surgical tubing and said second lower portion, said treble fish hook and said single hook depending from said lower surface of said second lower portion of said body to permit a fish to be hooked by the fishing lure being pulled through water.