Patent ID: 7654032

Claim:
An adjustable quick rig for bait comprising: a pin support comprising a material heavier than water that is externally rigged to an anterior ventral surface of the bait; and a bait pin attached to said pin support, said bait pin having a free end structured so as to allow it to pierce through and wrap around a portion of the bait for securing the external rigging and holding the bait proximal to the pin support, wherein a top surface of said pin support comprises an open-topped channel to conform to the anterior ventral surface of said bait, when rigged external and proximal to said bait, said pin support is not hooded for enclosing a head of the bait since the pin support is externally rigged to a front underside of the bait to show the bait head; said pin support also comprising an angled leader channel internal to the pin support; the angled leader channel comprising; a trailing end passage having a large diameter traversing an anterior portion of the pin support to receive a leader with a line stopper, and a leading end passage having a small diameter traversing a posterior portion of the pin support and that is downward angled to the trailing end passage to pass the leader but stop the line stopper, wherein the trailing end passage connects to the leading end passage to create an angled stopping junction in the angled leader channel near the anterior of the pin support due to a difference in size of the trailing end passage and the leading end passage, the downward angle of the leading end passage, and a weight and size of the pin support, and, wherein the line stopper when crimped to the leader at an adjustable length along the leader jams against the angled stopping junction in the angled leader channel to establish a location of a hook attached to an end of the leader.