Dean M Hess

44957220, Jan 29, 1985

Feb 10, 1983

6/465441

Dean Hess - Castro Valley CA
Karen Hess - Castro Valley CA

A01K 8500

43 4239

A fishing lure especially suited for deep-water fishing has a heavy body, fabricated from lead, and shaped and painted to resemble a small bait fish. The fishing line is attached to a small eyelet affixed to the top of the body directly over the center of gravity. A second eyelet in the tail of the body is threaded to the attachment ring on a double fishing hook, such that the prongs of the hook extend upward. A skirt is fastened around the shank of the hook, thereby providing attractive movement as well as camouflage for the hook. A thin metal disk projects downward from the body, directly below the center of gravity and lying in a vertical plane along the longitudinal axis, forming an approximately semicircular fin. A small hole is located in the lower portion of the disk, to which a second line may be attached to suspend a second lure in a similar manner, and to thereby allow several lures to be strung together serially and used from the same line.