Patent ID: 7140147

Claim:
A lip jig rig, comprising: a lip, the lip having a front portion and a back portion to help the lip jig rig sink when placed in water, and the lip having a longitudinal axis extending between the front portion and the back portion; a punched out strap integral with the lip adapted to receive a fishing line, the punched out strap having two ends each attached to the lip, the punched out strap being defined between two longitudinally extending edges thereof which extend between the two ends and are raised above an upper surface of the lip, the punched out strap being oriented generally along the longitudinal axis of the lip; a first aperture on the front portion of the lip; a second aperture on the back portion of the lip; a hook attached to the lip at an area between the first aperture and the second aperture, wherein said hook is attached to the lip by a molded material encasing both an end of the hook and an area between the first and the second aperture; and a plurality of spurs on opposed lateral sides of the lip at the area between the back portion and the front portion of the lip, each of the plurality of spurs having a first end on the area between the first and the second aperture and a second pointed end spaced from the area between the first and second aperture, each of the plurality of spurs tapering from the first end to the second pointed end such that each spur projects from the molded material in a direction generally toward the front portion of the lip.