A rattle insertion device and method for inserting a rattle into an elastomeric fishing lure that includes having a push rod member with an insertion rod portion, a needle member with a second needle end operably configured to puncture an elastomeric lure and that defines a needle channel with a channel diameter greater than a rod diameter and a needle opening disposed along the needle length. Additionally, the device and method include having a rattle member with a rigid rattle member, sized to be inserted within the needle channel, and that defines a rattle cavity encapsulating one or more rigid noise particle therein that are operably configured to be freely mobile therein. The push rod member is operably configured to translate within the needle channel along a rod translation path to transport the rattle member through the needle channel and out through the needle opening.

A berley dispenser, including a container to store berley, a homogenizer within the container to form a homogenized berley from one or more predetermined homogenized berley settings where each setting corresponds to a particular fish type, a discharge port to discharge the homogenized berley, and a controller to control the homogenization of the berley by the selection of the one or more predetermined homogenized berley settings to form the homogenized berley and control the discharge of the homogenized berley. The controller can communicate with a GPS navigator, fish finder or other similar device to coordinate the homogenization of the berley and/or discharge of the homogenized berley.

Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving, processing, and storing fish carcasses. A system comprises a conveyor apparatus, a grinding apparatus, a tank, a container, a refrigerating apparatus, and a power source. The power source may comprise at least one solar panel. The system may comprise a payment apparatus. The tank may be removable from the container. The system may be configured to loaded onto a truck. The system may indicate to a user that the tank is nearly full.

A rattle insertion device and method for inserting a rattle into an elastomeric fishing lure that includes having a push rod member with an insertion rod portion, a needle member with a second needle end operably configured to puncture an elastomeric lure and that defines a needle channel with a channel diameter greater than a rod diameter and a needle opening disposed along the needle length. Additionally, the device and method include having a rattle member with a rigid rattle member, sized to be inserted within the needle channel, and that defines a rattle cavity encapsulating one or more rigid noise particle therein that are operably configured to be freely mobile therein. The push rod member is operably configured to translate within the needle channel along a rod translation path to transport the rattle member through the needle channel and out through the needle opening.

The project of the present disclosure is to provide a measure for easily putting an earthworm and the like onto a fishhook without causing a finger to touch the earthworm. [Solution] A bait hooking device 1 is provided with: a first clamping component 2 having a first clamping portion 23 and a fishhook guide member on the front end side 2b, wherein the first clamping component 2 is connected with the start end side 2a to enable opening and closing by a shaft; a second clamping component 3 provided with a second clamping portion 33 on the front end side 3b; a guide rod 41 provided between the first clamping component 2 and the second clamping component 3 and running through a bait clamped to the first clamping portion 23 and the second clamping portion 33, so as to be clamped to a fishhook guided by the fishhook guide member; and a bait moving component 5 having a pressing portion 52 close to the guide rod 41 and causing the pressing portion 52 to move along the guide rod 41 to the fishhook side.

The present invention comprises a rectangular block, having a front face, a rear face, and two side faces. The front and rear faces have multiple pairs of aligned vertical slots, into which a knife can be inserted and moved up and down in a vertical cutting motion. The block is open at the top and openable at the bottom by means of a sliding or hinged trap door. In use, uncut chum is loaded into the block through the top opening, and the sliced chum accumulates within the block until the bottom door is opened, thereby depositing the sliced chum in a container beneath the block. The container serves to collect the chum and store it until it is used.

A deformable, dissolvable substance having a base material of gum paste capable of being deformed around a fishing hook. Other ingredients include powdered sugar, corn syrup, corn starch, butter, scent, and color. The scent is dispersed as the substance dissolves in water, thus attracting any fish finding the scent palatable.

A device for macerating bait, making chum, or both is provided. The device has a main housing having a top openable end and a closed bottom openable end; a removable lid attachable to the top openable end, wherein the removable lid comprises at least a fluid flow hole configured to, when placed in a fluid and towed behind the vessel, port the fluid to flow through the housing through bottom openable end and through the top openable end; a push rod disposed through the removable lid; a concentric cutting member attached to the push rod at a lower end of the push rod, wherein the concentric cutting member comprises a series of blades that are intersecting and have cutting edges on a top and bottom of the blades. A method of macerating bait is also provided.

A berley dispenser (8) has a berley storage volume (10) and a dispenser (42) that communicates the berley storage volume (10) with the outside environment via at least one flow path (44) wherein the dispenser (8) is selectively operable to cause at least one of opening of the at least one flow path (44), closing of the at least one flow path (44), and flow of berley along the at least one flow path (44) from the berley storage volume (10) to the outside environment.

A biodegradable hydrogel has been made based on high concentrations of whey protein isolate (WPI). WPI gels of different compositions were fabricated by thermally inducing gelation of high-concentration suspensions of protein, and characterized for compressive strength and modulus, hydration swelling and drying properties, mechanical behavior change due to polysaccharide additives, and intrinsic pore network structure. The gels were shown to be compatible with bone cells and could be used as bone tissue scaffolds. In addition, WPI fibers were produced by electrospinning. Several additives could be incorporated into the WPI gels, including structural additives, growth factors, amino acids, etc. The WPI hydrogels can be made with glycerol to increase flexibility and stability. The hydrogels could be used for tissue regeneration, food protection, controlled-release applications (including drug encapsulation, dietary supplement release, attractant release in lures, nutrient release to plants (fertilizers), column packing for compound separation, and membrane development.