Patent ID: 8413367

Claim:
A dodger type trolling attractor configured to impart a start-stop action to the motion of a lure or baited hook attached thereto during trolling comprising: an elongated dodger body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a starboard side edge, a port side edge, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a longitudinal centerline; a concave spoon-shaped depression located in said upper surface of said body adjacent the trailing edge of said body; said lower surface of said body being substantially flat; at least two leading attachment openings located on the starboard side of said centerline and adjacent said leading edge of said body, and at least two leading attachment openings located on the port side of said centerline and adjacent said leading edge of said body, said leading attachment openings adapted to be attached to the outer end of a fishing line; and a centrally located trailing attachment opening located adjacent said trailing edge of said body, said trailing attachment opening adapted to be attached to the leading end of a trailing leader having a lure or baited hook attached to its trailing end.