Patent ID: 8683736

Claim:
A casting float comprising: a. a mating first half enclosure and a mating second half enclosure, the mating first half enclosure having an exterior wall and an interior wall which surrounds an interior chamber, the exterior wall including an attaching member to retain a fishing line, the interior chamber further houses a first flotation member which enables the mating first half enclosure to remain buoyant and float on water mating half enclosures are in an opened condition; b. the mating second half enclosure having an exterior wall and an interior wall which surrounds an interior chamber, the mating second half enclosure having a separating cage to separate the interior chamber into at least two compartments; c. a rotatable connecting mechanism rotatably connecting the mating first half enclosure and mating second half enclosure together; d. a separating member in the mating first half enclosure and a second flotation member attached to a movable engaging member in the mating second half enclosure extending into the separating member to keep the mating first half enclosure and the mating second half enclosure together with a gap between the mating first half enclosure and the mating second half enclosure, the engaging member surrounded by the cage and when the casting float hits water, the impact of the force of hitting a body of water causes water to rush into the casting float and the engaging member disengages from the separating member resulting in the mating first half enclosure and the mating second half enclosure rotating about the rotatable connecting mechanism into the opened condition with the mating half enclosures face down in the body of water with the first flotation member in the mating first half enclosure and the second flotation member attached to the movable engaging member in the mating second half enclosure enabling the mating first half enclosure and the mating second half enclosure to float on the water; and e. a hook which is attached to a distal end of a leader line, the hook and the distal end of the leader line both located within the casting float in at least one of the interior chambers of the mating first half enclosure and the mating second half enclosure and separated from the engaging member by the separation cage, a proximal end of the leader line is separately attached to the attaching member so that the fishing line and leader line are not connected together, and a portion of the leader line extends outwardly from the casting float.