Patent ID: 8776427

Claim:
An apparatus for attracting fish, comprising: a motor including a rotating driveshaft defining a rotational axis substantially parallel to a surface of a body of water when deployed in the body of water; a housing enclosing the motor with the driveshaft extending therefrom; an impeller with a hub axially aligned with and coupled to the driveshaft, one or more flat planar blades each defined by a trailing edge and a leading edge and extending radially from the hub in an orthogonal relationship to the rotational axis of the driveshaft without pitch and having a proximate end fixed to the hub and an opposed distal end with a cupped paddle projecting from each of the one or more flat planar blades and defining a paddle leading surface and a paddle trailing surface; and a support rod directly engaged to the housing in a fixed substantially orthogonal relationship to the rotational axis of the motor driveshaft and the surface of the body of water when deployed in the body of water; wherein the housing, motor, and impeller are maintainable in partial submersion in the body of water by being suspended from the support rod during operation in the body of water, and the cupped paddle generates turbulence and cavitation upon alternatingly entering and exiting the body of water as the impeller is rotated by the motor, visual and audible side effects of the turbulence and cavitation being simulative of fish feeding activity.