Patent ID: 7036263

Claim:
A snag-free and stress-free fish catcher, comprising: a supporting frame comprising a boundary rim which extends in a first plane; a fish pocket, which is affixed to said boundary rim, having an opening defined within said boundary rim and a fish cavity communicating with said opening, wherein said fish pocket has both a size adapted for capturing one single fish at each time within said fish cavity and a plurality of water meshes provided thereon for water permeation, said fish pocket comprises a boundary wall defining said fish cavity therewithin; and a tension resting bed, having a tension surface, supported within said fish cavity, where said tension surface of said tension resting bed has a predetermined tension larger than a weight of the fish, wherein said tension resting bed is adapted for ensuring the fish lying flat on said tension surface when the fish is captured within said fish cavity of said fish pocket, such that said tension resting bed is adapted not only for evenly distributing the weight of the fish as a cushion effect to minimize stress of the fish captured within said fish cavity but also in response to the struggling of the fish so as to prevent the fish escaping from said fish pocket, said tension resting bed consists of a single rectangular bed panel which both extends in a second plane and defines said tension surface thereon, said first and second planes being parallel to each other, wherein said bed panel is made of elastic material to provide the tension on said tension surface of said tension resting bed, said bed panel has a plurality of water pores provided thereon for water permeation, wherein said bed panel has an attaching groove formed on an outer surrounding edge such that a peripheral edge portion of said boundary wall of said fish pocket is securely received in said attaching groove to form a sealing seam so as to substantially mount said tension resting bed to said fish pocket, and said bed panel further comprises an edge holder sealedly affixed to said attaching groove to securely hold said peripheral edge portion of said boundary wall within said attaching groove so as to retain said tension resting bed in position.