Patent ID: 8079173

Claim:
A fishing lure comprising a weighted hydrodynamic head, a hook, and an artificial bait: said weighted hydrodynamic head comprising of an integrally molded, conically-shaped malleable body with a plurality of fins projecting laterally therefrom, a blunt leading edge, a trailing edge, a central passage extending from said leading edge to said trailing edge, and a slot formed in a side of the body and extending into the central passage, said weighted hydrodynamic head comprising a dense material having a specific gravity greater than 1.0; said hook being an offset hook comprising an eyelet, a proximal shank, an offset bend section, a distal shank, a u-shaped bend and a pointed tip, said distal shank and proximal shank being substantially parallel, said eyelet projecting through the central passage in the leading edge and said distal shank being aligned with and extending longitudinally from said slot; and said artificial bait comprising a resilient elastomeric body with a head end configured to be received in the central passage, said body being hooked by the u-shaped bend of the hook.