Patent ID: 7225583

Claim:
A fish attractor for attracting fish in a body of water, the fish attractor comprising: (a) a cylindrically shaped food-containing member having a lower end element, a first sidewall surrounding a first internal cavity, and a plurality of orifices through the first sidewall and/or the lower end element, the food-containing member being constructed at least partially of translucent and/or transparent material; (b) a cylindrically shaped light-emitting member constructed at least partially of translucent and/or transparent material and removably mounted on the food-containing member, the light-emitting member including a battery-powered, light-emitting system; (c) a buoyancy member including a top element removably and sealingly mounted on the light-emitting member; (d) a sound-generating member including a plurality of spherically shaped elements loosely spaced therein, the sound-generating member being secured to the top element and being disposed within the light-emitting member; (e) an anchoring member secured to the food-containing member; and (f) a retrieval mechanism secured to the light-emitting member; and (g) wherein a substantial portion of the fish attractor is operatively buoyed above the surface of the body of water, and wherein pitching and rolling of the fish attractor causes the plurality of spherically shaped devices to roll around in the sound-generating member and to collide with each other and with the tray to thereby generate audio emulating fish clicking sounds.