Fishing lure and method for making the same

• US 5,564,220 A
• Filed: 03/30/1994
• Issued: 10/15/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Peter J. Blicha
• Original Assignee: Peter J. Blicha
• Inventors: Blicha, Peter J.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROWAN, KURT C
• Application Number:
  US08/220,112
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 43/42.39, 43/42.32, 43/42.53, 43/44.8, 43/42.33
• US Class Current: 43/42.32
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 85/00 Artificial bait for fishing

Abstract

A fishing lure and method for making the same. The line is made by taking a conventional leadhead jig having a main body, an integral extension, and a hook placing prism tape on both sides of the jig body. The taped jig is then placed in a mold and clear fiberglass resin is cast about it sealing in the prism tape. This is now removed from the mold, painted to simulate a small bait fish and simulated eyes are taped on the jig body. The jig body is dipped into clear fiberglass resin which covers up any imperfections sealing in the simulated eyes. A conventional flexible soft plastic body and tail combination may now be inserted onto the jig extension portion and hook completing the lure.

Claims

1. A fishing lure adapted to simulate a small bait fish comprising:

a leadhead jig (10) having a main body portion (11) having an upper surface and an eyehook (10) integral with said upper surface, an integral extension portion (12) extending rearwardly from said main body portion (11) and a hook (13) integral with said extension portion (12) having a first hook portion extending rearwardly from said extension portion and coaxial therewith, then curving back over said first hook portion and generally parallel thereto terminating in a barbed portion;

a first coating (11) of a hardened clear plastic resin about said main body portion (11);

said main body portion (11) being painted with a dark color (111) approximately on one-third of the upper portion of the main body portion (11) and painted with a light color (112) approximately on two-thirds of the lower portion of the main body portion (11);

said main body portion having round circles of prism tape (22) simulating fish eyes and fish eyeballs mounted on each side of said painted main body portion (11); and

a second coating (113) of a hardened clear plastic resin being disposed over said first coating (11'"'"') and said painted main body portion (110) with said prism tape (22) simulating eyes mounted thereon.

2. In the lure of claim 1 wherein said lure has a soft plastic fish body and fish tail combination mounted on said extension portion with the hook portion extending therethrough.

3. In the lure of claim 2 wherein said combination is painted along approximately one-third of the upper portion thereof in a color generally corresponding to the color of the approximately one-third of the upper portion of said main body portion and is painted along approximately two-thirds of the lower portion thereof in a color generally corresponding to the color of the approximately two-thirds of the lower portion of said main body portion.

4. In the lure of claim 3 wherein the upper approximate one-third portion of said combination is painted in a green color.

5. In the lure of claim 4 wherein the lower approximate two-thirds portion of said combination is painted silver.

6. In the lure of claim 1 wherein the upper approximate one-third portion of said main body portion is painted in a forest green color.

7. In the lure of claim 6 wherein the lower approximate two-thirds portion of said combination is painted silver.

8. In a method for forming a fishing lure adapted to simulate a small bait fish comprising:

placing elongated strips of pressure sensitive prism tape (16) on each side of the main body portion (11) of a leadhead jig (10) having said main body portion (11), an upper surface on said main body portion (12) with an integral eyehook (15) thereon, an integral extension portion (12) extending rearwardly from said main body portion (11) and a hook (13) integral with said extension portion (12) terminating in a barb having a first hook portion extending rearwardly from said extension portion and coaxial therewith, then curving back over said first hook portion and generally parallel thereto terminating in a barbed portion;

subsequently placing said jig (10) in a mold;

subsequently casting a first coat (11'"'"') of clear liquid fiberglass resin having a hardening catalyst therein about said jig (10);

subsequently allowing said first coat of resin to harden, then removing said jig (10) from said mold;

subsequently painting approximately one-third of the upper portion of said main body portion (10) with a dark colored lacquer paint (111) and approximately two-thirds of the lower portion of said main body portion with a light colored lacquer paint (112);

subsequently press fitting round circles of prism tape (22) simulating fish eyes and a fish eyeball on each side of said main body portion (11); and

subsequently placing said main body portion (11) in a clear liquid fiberglass resin (113) having a hardening catalyst therein and maintaining said main body portion (11) in said last-mentioned resin (113) until it hardens and forms a second coat of hardened resin.

9. In the method of claim 8 including the step of inserting a soft plastic simulated fish body and tail combination having an upper and lower portion over said hook and said extension portion until said combination abuts against the junction of said main body portion and said extension portion and said barbed portion extends out of the upper portion of said combination.

10. In the method of claim 9 wherein the step of inserting said combination includes the step of inserting a combination painted along approximately one-third of the upper portion thereof in a color generally corresponding to the color of the approximately one-third of the upper portion of said main body portion and painted along approximately two-thirds of the lower portion thereof in a color generally corresponding to the color of the approximately two-thirds of the lower portion of said main body portion.

11. In the method of claim 8 wherein the step of painting said one-third of said main body portion includes the step of painting it forest green.

12. In the method of claim 11 wherein the step of painting said two-thirds of said main body portion includes the step of painting it silver.