Patent ID: 6898894

Claim:
A modular fishing hook accessory mounting system for removably mounting a fishing accessory on a hook, the system comprising: a hook having a shank portion and an eye portion, the eye portion being located at one end of the shank portion; a modular mounting member mounted on the hook for removably receiving a fishing accessory; and a fishing accessory removably mounted on the modular mounting member, the fishing accessory having a recess formed therein for slidably receiving at least a portion of the modular mounting member; wherein the modular mounting member includes a pair of spaced securing fingers removably insertable into the recess of the fishing accessory for removably securing the fishing accessory to the hook; and wherein the pair of securing fingers define a gap therebetween, at least a first finger of the pair of securing fingers being resiliently flexible toward a second finger of the air of securing fingers to minimize the gap.