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BACKGROUND

Field

Example embodiments in general relate to a live bait rig for creating wobble, flash and motion in live fishing bait.

Related Art

Any discussion of the related art throughout the specification should in no way be considered as an admission that such related art is widely known or forms part of common general knowledge in the field.

Foam floats usable for fishing are on the market, and have been for a number of years, but do not provide action or motion of the live bait. In other words, they are not designed to create action and flash for use with live bait, to make live bait more attractive to fish.

SUMMARY

An example embodiment is directed to a live bait rig. The embodiments disclose a multi-directional live bait float with “action” and flash. In use, the live bait rig typically rotates in one direction for three or four rotations, then pauses and changes direction. The live bait rig creates wobble or motion of a live bait as it moves through water, and includes a leader with a fixed loop adapted for attachment to a fishing line, the leader further being attached to a fishhook. The rig also includes a float on the leader positioned between the fixed loop and the fishhook, the float having a flat front surface toward the fixed loop and a curved rear surface toward the fishhook, and having an opening that extends from the flat front surface to the curved rear surface, wherein the opening is asymmetrically positioned on the float, wherein the leader passes through the opening such that the float is free to rotate on the leader.

Any rearward motion of the float along the leader is stopped (directly or indirectly) by the fishhook as the live bait rig is pulled through water by the fishing line such that water flows against the flat front surface of the float. The water flowing against the flat front surface of the float when the live bait rig is pulled through water by the fishing line causes the float to wobble or rotate.

In some example embodiments, the live bait rig may include a first bead with a bead opening, the leader passing through the bead opening, wherein the bead is positioned between the float and the fishhook, such that the float contacts the bead as the live bait rig is pulled through the water by the fishing line. Such embodiments may be used in combination with any additional features described above or herein.

In still other example embodiments, the live bait rig may further include a second bead with a second bead opening, the leader passing through the second bead opening, wherein the second bead is positioned between the float and the fixed loop, such that the float is slidably held on the leader by the first bead and the second bead. Such embodiments may be used in combination with any additional features described above or herein.

In some example embodiments, the live bait rig may include a float, wherein the float comprises a lower portion below the opening and an upper portion above the opening, and the surface area of the flat front surface of the lower portion may be greater than the surface area of the flat front surface of the upper portion. Such embodiments may be used in combination with any additional features described above or herein.

In some example embodiments, the live bait rig may include a second fishhook attached to the first fishhook by a line, wherein motion is created in the first fishhook and the second fishhook when the float wobbles or rotates. Such embodiments may be used in combination with any additional features described above or herein.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, some of the embodiments of the live bait rig in order that the detailed description thereof may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional embodiments of the live bait rig that will be described hereinafter and that will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the live bait rig in detail, it is to be understood that the live bait rig is not limited in its application to the details of construction or to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The live bait rig is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of the description and should not be regarded as limiting.

