Patent ID: 8806800

Claim:
A fish descender and release device comprising: a spring, two opposing members comprising a first opposing member and a second opposing member, where each opposing member has a jaw portion, means of attaching the first opposing member to a line, means of attaching the second opposing member to a weight, where each jaw portion has a terminal point portion, resulting in two contact points, where the point portion from the first opposing member mates with the point portion from the second opposing member, where the spring, the two opposing members and the means of attaching the first opposing member to a line, and the means of attaching the second opposing member to a weight are formed from one continuous piece of wire, and where the terminal point portion from the first opposing member consists of a tubular end section with an inner diameter greater than the diameter of the terminal point portion of the second opposing member, such that the terminal point of the second opposing member can fit inside the tubular end section of the terminal point portion of the first opposing member, where the means of attaching the first opposing member to a line and the means of attaching the second opposing member to a weight comprise two flattened, terminal ends of the wire.