Patent ID: 7698852

Claim:
A fishing lure, comprising: a lure body having a longitudinal axis, a central cavity, a trigger opening extending from the cavity on a forward end of the lure body, and a hook slot extending from the cavity on a side of the lure body; a hook having a barb and a shank, the hook being rotatable from a released position wherein the barb protrudes from the body to a cocked position wherein the barb is recessed within the cavity, the hook being biased toward the released position; a trigger carried in the cavity for forward and rearward linear movement along the longitudinal axis, the trigger having a trigger body with a rod on a forward end of the trigger body that extends through the trigger opening for attachment to a line, the trigger body engaging a forward side of the shank to rotate the hook to the cocked position when the rod is manually pushed rearwardly; a lure body detent in the cavity, the lure body detent having a lure body detent surface that slopes away from the axis in the rearward direction; a trigger body detent surface on the trigger body spaced from a rearward end of the trigger body and separated from the rearward end of the trigger body by a ramp surface that has a length greater than a length of the trigger body detent surface, the ramp surface sloping toward the axis in the rearward direction, the trigger body detent surface sloping away from the axis in the rearward direction; and wherein pushing the rod rearward causes the ramp surface to slide on at least part of the lure body detent and the trigger body detent surface to releasably engage the lure body detent surface to retain the hook in the cocked position, and a forward pull on the rod releases the trigger body detent surface from the lure body detent surface, freeing the hook to rotate to the released position.