A fishing lure with a head made of a hard plastic, a formed wire partially embedded in the head, wherein the wire is formed to have one or two adjacent loops in the front of the head, a loop at the top of the head, and a loop at the bottom of the head, a cavity in the rear portion of the head, a screw projecting out from the front wall of the cavity, and a soft plastic body that is configured to be attached to the head by screwing the body onto the screw. The front of the body fits into the cavity in the head. The body has a projecting male end at its front that presents a stub that is configured to be coupled to the screw, to attach the body to the head.

Hydrofoil fishing lure apparatus for use with trolling techniques behind a boat. In one embodiment, the hydrofoil fishing lure apparatus includes an artificial lure having a body. A hydrofoil that includes a strut and a lifting surface, with the strut for the hydrofoil being attached to the body of the artificial lure is also included. In some variants, the artificial lure may be modeled after flying fish species. Wing retraction elements may be utilized on the hydrofoil to retract or expand the wings of the flying fish to provide for a more natural presentation. Other variants described herein include fishing lure platforms that include a hydrofoil that allow for the mounting of frozen, live, or other types of artificial baits on the hydrofoil itself.

A fishing lure has an elastomeric or soft plastic body containing multiple suction features along its surface. By being capable of sticking to the roof of the fish's mouth or the fish's tongue, the suction features help increase the chance that the lure remains in the fish's mouth a few more seconds prior to an angler's hookset. The combination of the suction features' tactile feel and their adhering ability results in a unique advantage for any type of soft plastic fishing lure.

A fishing lure has an elastomeric or soft plastic body containing multiple suction features along its surface. By being capable of sticking to the roof of the fish's mouth or the fish's tongue, the suction features help increase the chance that the lure remains in the fish's mouth a few more seconds prior to an angler's hookset. The combination of the suction features' tactile feel and their adhering ability results in a unique advantage for any type of soft plastic fishing lure.

Web-mounting fishing plug has a body with a slot or aperture into which a web can be inserted. The web, for example, a photo, postage stamp, or transparent colored sheet, may be inserted into the slot or aperture. A closure may attached to the body, which may cover the slot or aperture and protect the web from moisture. Provision for light-emission, coloration, pattern, an increase or decrease in mass, hence, density, movement, smell, sound, and so forth may be supplied. Hook(s) and/or other accessory(ies) may be attached. The invention can be provided in kit form so that the web of one's choosing, light, color, etc., may be employed with the plug.

A lure for fishing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body portion that includes a cavity inside the main body portion, a portion or the entirety of the cavity being visible from outside, one or more reflecting surfaces or one or more reflectors that can specularly reflect light from the outside are provided on each of at least any two of an outer face of the main body portion, an inner face of the main body portion, and an inside of the cavity, and the light from the outside is specularly reflected once or plural times on each of at least any two of the outer face of the main body portion, the inner face of the main body portion, and the inside of the cavity.

A fishing lure may include a body and a removable lip, which may be removed manually without the use of tools by pressing on portions of the body to release a catch between the removable lip and the body.

An articulated exoskeleton bait holder/protector and hook device for holding live or dead shrimp has a body formed of pivotally connected generally inverted U-shaped transverse body segments formed of stiff transparent plastic material defining interior cavities configured to receive the shrimps' head, abdominal segments, and telson. An arcuate eye opening extends over the front portion of the head segment. Retaining members extending through laterally opposed sides of the body segments releasably retain the shrimp in the interior thereof. A downwardly curved lip attached to the head segment causes the body to dive and oscillate from side to side as it is drawn through water. The body segments pivot to conform to natural movements of a live shrimp's abdominal segments as it moves forward or backward, and the open bottom portions of the body segments allow the scent of the shrimp to escape.

An electromagnetic fishing bait drive and a method for controlling an electromagnetic fishing bait drive are disclosed. The electromagnetic fishing bait drive comprises a waterproof sealable bait body (102) having a longitudinal axis of the bait body (Y) and an electromagnetic pendulum drive, wherein a first pole axis (P1) of an electromagnet (300) is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bait body (Y) and a second pole axis (P2) of the permanent magnet (313) is disposed at a defined angle to the first pole axis (P1).

A fishing lure system includes a link and link enclosure and a variety of attachments. The enclosure includes a channel dimensioned to snugly fit over the link and defined by walls of a rigid material such as to resist deformation of the link when the link is under stress (e.g., a pulling fish). The link may be attached to a spinnerbait frame that is constructed of a specially looped elongated component (e.g., wire) forming two legs at roughly 90 degrees to each other. The frame and loop are formed through a series of wire bends that support the 90 degree angle against deformation when the frame is under stress. The link may be attached to a swimbait body constructed with a cavity within which the lure’s hook is substantially concealed. The link or frame may be attached to a spinnerbait blade comprising an outer blade encapsulating and inner feature.