LURE CONFIGURED AS A WOBBLER

Abstract

An artificial lure for fishing has a base body made from a floatable material and imitating a bait fish, at which at least one fishing hook is attached. In the head region of the base body, fastening eyelets for connection to a fishing line or a leader and a protrusion are provided. In the used state of the artificial lure in the water, the protrusion is configured diagonally upwards, and the fastening eyelet is situated below the protrusion. Preferably, a weighted insert for specifying the buoyancy and stabilizing the position in the water is provided in the base body. Furthermore, a system made up of such an artificial lure also includes a ground weight and a fishing line connected to a fishing rod.

Claims

1-12. (canceled)

13. An artificial lure (10, 20) for fishing under water, comprising a base body as an imitation of a bait fish, to which at least one fishing hook is attached, and comprising a fastening eyelet (11, 21) situated in the head portion of the base body for connection to a fishing line or a leader (15), and comprising a shovel-like protrusion (12, 22) situated in the head portion of the base body, characterized in that, the protrusion (12, 22) of the artificial lure (10, 20), in relation to its horizontal longitudinal axis and by forming an angle of attack thereto, points diagonally upwards, and the fastening eyelet (22, 21) is situated at the bottom side and below the protrusion (12, 22), and the protrusion (12, 22) widens in the forward direction towards its front edge.

14 The artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 13, characterized in that the base body is manufactured from plastic, wood or Styrodur, or from a combination of these materials.

15. The artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 13, characterized in that the base body is provided with a weighted insert (13, 23) for specifying the buoyancy, the stabilizing position in the water and the angle of attack of the protrusion (12, 22).

16. The artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 15, characterized in that the weighted insert (13, 23) is situated in the rear third of the base body.

17. The artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 16, characterized in that the weight insert in the artificial lure is situated and dimensioned in such a manner that the angle of attack of the shovel-like protrusion in an oncoming flow ensures an even buoyancy of the artificial lure under water, generating a substantially horizontal floating position.

18. The artificial lure as recited in claim 13, characterized in that the base body has a plurality of fastening eyelets (11, 21) for fishing hooks or is provided with at least one treble fishing hook (16, 26).

19. The artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 13, characterized in that, at the fastening eyelet (11, 21) for a leader having a further weight as ground weight (14), a swivel (17) for a fishing line is attachable.

20. The artificial lure (20) as recited in claim 13, characterized in that the base body is made up of two parts connectable to each other, wherein the front part is configured as the head portion including the fastening eyelet (21) and the protrusion (22) and has a coupling element (24) for connection to a tail part (25).

21. The artificial lure as recited in claim 20, characterized in that the head portion has at least one fastening eyelet (21) for attaching a fishing hook and a weighted insert (23) situated in the rear third.

22. A system made up of an artificial lure (10, 20) as recited in claim 13 and of a fishing line connected to a fishing rod, characterized in that a leader is fastened at a fastening eyelet (11, 21) attached below a shovel similar to buoyancy wings (12, 22) at the head portion of the artificial lure (10, 20), and that the leader has the ground weight (14), which with the aid of a weighted insert (13, 23), present in the body of the artificial lure (10, 20) and stabilizing the floating position of the body, keeps the artificial lure when flown against in the water in conjunction with the upwardly pointing shovel (12, 22) at a defined water depth (page 3, line 25) in a substantially horizontal floating position.

23. The system as recited in claim 22, characterized in that the leader is fastened to the fastening eyelet (11, 21) with the aid of the swivel (17).

24. The system as recited in claim 22, characterized in that the artificial lure (10, 20) has a fishing hook in the belly region and/or the tail region.

Description

[0025] Further advantages and application possibilities are now explained in detail on the basis of two exemplary embodiments in the subsequent drawing.

[0026] FIG. 1 shows an artificial lure according to the present invention, which is configured as a wobbler, as a floating system being anchored with the aid of a ground weight on the bottom of a body of water; and

[0027] FIG. 2 shows a two-part wobbler having a head portion and a tail portion.

[0028] FIG. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of an artificial lure 10 according to the present invention configured as a wobbler or a kite wobbler. Wobbler 10 is made from a floatable material, for example, wood, plastic or Styrodur, and for this reason has a density lower than water. In its outer form, the wobbler imitates a bait fish regarding color and shape. In the rear region, wobbler 10 has a weighted insert, while, in the front region, the base body of the wobbler has a shovel-like protrusion 12 in the form of an extension. This shovel-like protrusion 12 is, in relation to the horizontal longitudinal axis of the wobbler, upwardly directed so that, in relation to a flow in a substantially horizontal floating state of the wobbler, a flow angle of attack is formed at the bottom side of the protrusion. Below shovel-like protrusion 12, a fastening eyelet for a leader line 15 is provided, which is part of the fishing line. This end portion of the fishing line, leader line 15, is connected to a ground weight 14 via a so-called swivel 17, from which point the fishing line is guided to the fishing rod. Ground weight 14 ensures a certain anchoring of wobbler 10 in a depth which, corresponding to the length of leader 15, is kept at a defined distance above water bottom 30.

[0029] Via a wire system present in the interior of the ground body of wobbler 10, further fastening eyelets 11 are provided respectively in the belly region of the wobbler and at the end of the wobbler. These further fastening eyelets serve the attachment of fishing hooks, of which a treble fishing hook 16 in principle is illustrated in an exemplary manner in rear fastening eyelet 11. Weighted insert 13 situated in the form of a strip in the interior of a wobbler, which may also be formed from lead, is in relation to its weight dimensioned in such a manner that the wobbler, taking into account an oncoming flow in the body of water, perhaps by reeling in the fishing line or by natural currents present in the water, is aligned or kept in a substantially horizontal position, meaning a position imitating the natural floating position of a prey fish. Thus, an exact dimensioning between size and angle of attack of the shovel-like protrusion and size and weight of weighted insert 13, including the material used for the base body of wobbler 10, is decisive.

[0030] The precise coordination of the respective parts or materials from which the wobbler is made is left to the preference of the average person skilled in the arts when he/she is confronted with the object to keep the wobbler in a substantially horizontal floating position, provided the conditions specified in FIG. 1.

[0031] If wobbler 10 according to FIG. 1 is moved across the water bottom by reeling in the fishing line, ground weight 14 also moves across the water bottom. In this instance, wobbler 10 remains substantially at the corresponding water depth above the water bottom, so that the risk of the wobbler hooking into the water bottom, plants, stones present on the water bottom or into other objects is largely eliminated. As a result, losing the wobbler when reeling in the fishing line is significantly reduced. The shovel or shovel-like protrusion 12 situated under an upwardly directed angle of attack ensures, in connection with the counterweight, an even buoyancy while the wobbler is moving through the water, so that, in addition to the substantially horizontal movement of the wobbler in the water, also a certain wiggling movement, like one usually made by a prey fish, is imitated. As a result, the wobbler undergoes a movement widely based on the natural movement of a prey fish, which is the basis for successful fishing.

[0032] For inland waters, when predatory fish, for example pikes, are to be caught, an appropriate length for such a wobbler can be 15 cm, and the weighted insert can be approximately 40 g. For this purpose, the use of lead has the advantage that a relatively high density advantageously provides the weight concentration required for the stability of the wobbler. In this instance, the shovel-like protrusion. may be approximately 3 to 4 cm in length and may widen to 2 to 2.5 cm in the direction of the front edge. Of course, this shape may vary and is a function of the targeted swimming movement in the body of water.

[0033] In FIG. 2, a two-part wobbler 20 is shown according to a second exemplary embodiment. The basic construction is similar to the wobbler according to FIG. 1; however, the wobbler is made up of two parts. This is firstly the head portion, which has a shovel-like protrusion 22 including fastening eyelets 21 situated at the bottom side of the shovel-like protrusion. Weighted insert 23 is located in the rear third of the front head portion. A further fastening eyelet, for example for a further treble fishing hook 26, is also located in this region. At the end of the head portion, a coupling element 24 is configured in the form of a corkscrew-like twisting, for which the wire, preferably a stainless steel wire, present in the interior of the base body of wobbler 20, is used for connecting fastening eyelets 21 to each other. A correspondingly configured tail portion in form of a so-called twister 25 or rubber fish can be fastened to coupling element 24. On account of the flexibility of the relatively thin wire for coupling element 24, an additional lateral tail movement is imitatable for emulating the natural movement of a prey fish. In conjunction with a special design of shovel-like protrusion 22 and twister 25, an additional lateral movement of the tail portion may be achieved in a manner relatively independent from the head portion when wobbler 20 moves through the water or when the water flows past wobbler 20. The head portion is shown in FIG. 2a; in contrast, tail portions 25 are shown in FIG. 2b. FIG. 2c shows a general top view of a shovel-like protrusion 22 for the head portion of wobbler 20, which widens in the forward direction.

[0034] If the angle of attack of shovel-like protrusion 12 or 22 is correspondingly selected, in coordination with the size of weighted insert 13 or 23, it is also possible that, when wobbler 10, 20 is accordingly flown against or drawn through the body of water, a rising the wobbler is realized if neither a leader nor a ground weight is used.

LIST OF REFERENCE CHARACTERS

[0035] 10 wobbler [0036] 11 fastening eyelet [0037] 12 shovel-like protrusion [0038] 13 weighted insert [0039] 14 ground weight [0040] 15 leader line [0041] 16 treble fishing hook [0042] 17 swivel [0043] 20 two-part wobbler [0044] 21 fastening eyelet [0045] 22 shovel-like protrusion [0046] 23 weighted insert [0047] 24 coupling element [0048] 25 tail portion [0049] 26 treble fishing hook [0050] 30 water bottom