A live bait and artificial bait lock that can penetrate an external surface of the respective bait and releasable or repeatably secure the bait to a hook or a shaft of a hook, a barbed hook, or a fish hook.

An artificial bait having a housing in the shape of an insect or animal, a power source arranged in the housing, a controller arranged in the housing, a hook. The housing including shape memory alloy (SMA) in the form of one or more SMA wires, which are operatively arranged with one or more spring wires to cause one or more body parts of the housing to move.

An artificial bait having a housing in the shape of an insect or animal, a power source arranged in the housing, a controller arranged in the housing, a hook. The housing including shape memory alloy (SMA) in the form of one or more SMA wires, which are operatively arranged with one or more spring wires to cause one or more body parts of the housing to move.

The present invention provides a bait device and method for making such bait device that includes forming sea urchin meat into a pellet structure operable to release meat at a measured rate. The bait device may comprise a casing (e.g. a membrane or fine mesh), that envelopes all or some of a pellet. Further disclosed is a fishing devices that may include a body in which the bait device may be inserted. When submerged, the bait device may be operable to release small particles of the sea urchin meat into the water in a controlled manner, attracting fish without the pellet falling apart or being easily eaten off of the lure or hook without catching the fish.

The present invention provides a bait device and method for making such bait device that includes forming sea urchin meat into a pellet structure operable to release meat at a measured rate. The bait device may comprise a casing (e.g. a membrane or fine mesh), that envelopes all or some of a pellet. Further disclosed is a fishing devices that may include a body in which the bait device may be inserted. When submerged, the bait device may be operable to release small particles of the sea urchin meat into the water in a controlled manner, attracting fish without the pellet falling apart or being easily eaten off of the lure or hook without catching the fish.

A fish hook insertion assembly includes a fish hook that has a leader which is attached to the fish hook. A grapple is provided that has a shaft portion and a handle portion. The shaft portion has a pointed end and the shaft portion is elongated such that the shaft portion can be extended into a mouth of a bait fish thereby facilitating the pointed end to penetrate outwardly through the bait fish at a point located proximate an anus of the bait fish. A slot is integrated into the shaft portion and the slot engages the leader to pull the leader through the bait fish when the grapple is pulled outwardly from the mouth of the bait fish. In this way the fish hook can be pulled partially into the bait fish to facilitate the bait fish to be employed for fishing.

A fish hook insertion assembly includes a fish hook that has a leader which is attached to the fish hook. A grapple is provided that has a shaft portion and a handle portion. The shaft portion has a pointed end and the shaft portion is elongated such that the shaft portion can be extended into a mouth of a bait fish thereby facilitating the pointed end to penetrate outwardly through the bait fish at a point located proximate an anus of the bait fish. A slot is integrated into the shaft portion and the slot engages the leader to pull the leader through the bait fish when the grapple is pulled outwardly from the mouth of the bait fish. In this way the fish hook can be pulled partially into the bait fish to facilitate the bait fish to be employed for fishing.

A live bait holder includes a flexible strip elongated from a first end to a second end. The flexible strip has a pair of edges extending from a first end to a second end and extending from a first surface to a second surface. The flexible strip is elastically bendable and elastically stretchable to be disposed in a wrapped position around a bait animal to define a loop. The flexible strip is perforable for perforation by a fishhook. An O-ring elastically stretches to receive the first end and the second end simultaneously when the flexible strip is in the wrapped position. The O-ring exerts an elastic force such that the flexible strip is retained in the wrapped position.

A fish hook apparatus including a head member, a shank, a bend section, a point element, and securing elements and a method for producing a controllable action in a bait are provided. The head member is defined by a top nose element, opposing side walls, and a bottom end. The head member includes a channel with openings at the top nose element and an opposing side wall for passing a fishing line. A securing element, coupled to the bottom end of the head member, secures a head of the bait. Another securing element, coupled to any location of the bait, secures one end of the fishing line exiting from the head member to the bait. Controllably tugging the fishing line curls the secured bait backwards towards the head member and springs the secured bait forwards to produce a controllable action, for example, a worm-like action in the bait.

A fish hook apparatus including a head member, a shank, a bend section, a point element, and securing elements and a method for producing a controllable action in a bait are provided. The head member is defined by a top nose element, opposing side walls, and a bottom end. The head member includes a channel with openings at the top nose element and an opposing side wall for passing a fishing line. A securing element, coupled to the bottom end of the head member, secures a head of the bait. Another securing element, coupled to any location of the bait, secures one end of the fishing line exiting from the head member to the bait. Controllably tugging the fishing line curls the secured bait backwards towards the head member and springs the secured bait forwards to produce a controllable action, for example, a worm-like action in the bait.