Patent ID: 7290367

Claim:
An article of fishing bait comprising a soft gelatinous elastomer composition formed from (I) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene block copolymer(s) selected from SEBS, SEPS, SEB/SEBS, SEP/SEPS, SEB/SEPS, SEP/SEBS, SEBn, SEPn, and SEEPS, wherein said hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene block copolymer(s) being a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer, wherein n Is greater than one; (II) one or more selected plasticizers of a first plasticizer with or without a second plasticizer being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom; and (IV) an effective fishing amount of one or more composition of foodstuff(s) or one or more component(s) of foodstuff(s); in combination with or without (V) a selected minor amount of one or more polymers or copolymers of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), poly(styrene butadiene)n, poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene)n, poly(styrene isoprene)n, poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene), poly(styrene-ethylene ethelene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene ethylene-butylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene)n, poly(styrene ethylene-butylene)n, polystyrene, polybutylene, poly(ethylene propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene), polypropylene, or polyethylene, polyethylene copolymers selected from ultra low density poly(ethylene-octene-1 copolymers) and copolymers of ethylene and hexene, poly(ethylene-styrene) interpolymer made by metallocene catalysts, using single site, constrained geometry addition polymerization catalysts including terpolymers of poly(ethylene/styrene/propylene), poly(ethylene/styrene/4-methyl-1 pentene), poly(ethylene/styrene/hexend-1, ethylene/styrene/octene 1), poly(ethylene/styrene/norbornene), wherein said selected copolymer is a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched multiarm block copolymer or an interpolymer, wherein n is greater than one; said article of fishing bait having a selected shape for presentation and use with a hook and a line.