Patent ID: 7451567

Claim:
A device for retrieving a snagged fishing lure attached to a fishing line comprising an elongated plate having a figure eight shape with one end of the plate having a greater width than the respective opposite end of the plate, said plate comprising: (i) multiple means for attaching a retrieval line, said means positioned at each respective end of the plate, each means comprising a tab being integral with and extending outwardly from a peripheral edge at opposite ends of the plate with a hole extending through each tab; (ii) two lure-grabbing holes of differing sizes located on opposite ends of the plate with the smaller of the two holes being located in a portion of the plate comprising the smaller width, each hole being entirely serrated around the holes and each hole having a size sufficient to fit snuggly around a fishing lure, and each lure-grabbing hole positioned at each end of the elongated plate and each lure-grabbing hole positioned adjacent to and opposite from a respective means for attaching the retrieval line and (iii) two narrow slits, one each extending from a peripheral edge of the elongated plate to each respective lure grabbing hole, for sliding a fishing line attached to a snagged fishing lure through, whereby the elongated plate is of a density sufficient to sink in freshwater and in saltwater.