Luminescent fishing lure

Claim 2

An illuminated fishing lure attachable to a fishing line for attracting fish, squid and other aquatic life comprising: a chemiluminescent wand having a first chemical in an inner frangible tube and a second chemical in an outer flexible casing encompassing the inner tube, wherein the chemicals when mixed, by deforming the outer casing and fracturing the inner tube, generate a chemiluminescence; a tubular sheath having a trailing end and a curved leading end, and being mounted about a portion of the chemiluminescent wand for causing the wand and sheath to submerge and wobble when the sheath and wand are moved relative to the water, the trailing end of the sheath partially encompassing the wand and having non-parallel longitudinal edges for causing an unstable, imbalance of the water forces acting on the lure when it is moved relative to the water, the wand and sheath together being less dense than the water; and means for attaching the wand and sheath to the fishing line.

Claim 3

An illuminated fishing lure attachable to a fishing line for attracting fish, squid and other aquatic life comprising: a chemiluminescent wand having a first chemical in an inner frangible tube and a second chemical in an outer flexible casing encompassing the inner tube, wherein the chemicals when mixed, by deforming the outer casing and fracturing the inner tube, generate a chemiluminescence; a tubular sheath having a main body portion, a leading, tongue portion extending from the main body portion and which curves away from the fishing line, and a trailing portion which is semicylindrical and has non-parallel longitudinal edges, the sheath being mounted about a portion of the chemiluminescent wand for causing the wand and sheath to submerge and wobble when the sheath and wand are moved relative to the water, the wand and sheath together being less dense than the water; and means for attaching the wand and sheath to the fishing line.

Claim 4

An illuminated fishing lure attachable to a fishing line for attracting fish, squid and other aquatic life comprising: a chemiluminescent wand having a first chemical in an inner frangible tube and a second chemical in an outer flexible casing encompassing the inner tube, wherein the chemicals when mixed, by deforming the outer casing and fracturing the inner tube, generate a chemiluminescence; a tubular sheath having a main body portion, a leading, tongue portion extending from the main body portion and which curves away from the fishing line, and a trailing portion which is semicylindrical and has non-parallel longitudinal edges, the sheath being mounted about a portion of the chemiluminescent wand for causing the wand and sheath to submerge and wobble when the sheath and wand are moved relative to the water, the wand and sheath together being less dense than the water; and means for attaching the wand and sheath to the fishing line.

Claim 5

An illuminated fishing lure as recited in claim 2 wherein the tongue portion has a pair of edges which lie in a first hypothetical plane at the point where the tongue portion joins the main body portion, the non-parallel longitudinal edges of the trailing portion extend from the main body portion and lie in a second hypothetical plane at the point where they join the main body portion, and wherein the first and second hypothetical planes are non-parallel.

Claim 6

An illuminated fishing lure attachable to a fishing line for attracting fish, squid and other aquatic life comprising: a chemiluminescent wand having a first chemical in an inner frangible tube and a second chemical in an outer flexible casing encompassing the inner tube, wherein the chemicals when mixed, by deforming the outer casing and fracturing the inner tube, generate a chemiluminescence; and a tubular sheath having a trailing end, a curved leading end, and being mounted about a portion of the chemiluminescent wand for causing the wand and sheath to submerge and wobble when the sheath and wand are moved relative to the water, the wand and sheath together being less dense than the water, and wherein the wand has a flange portion at one end, the flange having a hole in it, and a head at the other end of diameter greater than the diameter of the wand at the one end, the sheath has a detent which abuts against the wand head, and means for attaching the wand and sheath to a fishing line including a flexible leader having a loop at one end which loops through the wand flange hole and through a hole at one end of the sheath which is in registration with the wand flange hole, and thereby restrains the wand, and hook means attached to the leader at its opposite end.

Claim 7

An illuminated fishing lure attachable to a fishing line for attracting fish, squid and other aquatic life comprising: a chemiluminescent wand having a first chemical in an inner frangible tube and a second chemical in an outer flexible casing encompassing the inner tube, wherein the chemicals when mixed, by deforming the outer casing and fracturing the inner tube, generate a chemiluminescence; and a tubular sheath having a trailing end, a curved leading end, and being mounted about a portion of the chemiluminescent wand for causing the wand and sheath to submerge and wobble when the sheath and wand are moved relative to the water, the wand and sheath together being less dense than the water, and wherein the wand has a flange portion at one end, the flange having a hole in it, and a head at the other end of diameter greater than the diameter of the wand at the one end, the sheath has a detent which abuts against the wand head, and means for attaching the wand and sheath to a fishing line including a flexible leader having a loop at one end which loops through the wand flange hole and through a hole at one end of the sheath which is in registration with the wand flange hole, and thereby restrains the wand, and hook means attached to the leader at its opposite end.

Claim 8

A luminous fishing lure attachable to a fishing line and adaptable for being submerged in and moved relative to a body of water comprising: an elongated source of light; a hollow sheath slidabLy mounted on the light source, the sheath having leading and trailing ends with respect to the direction of movement of the lure relative to the water, a tongue extending from the leading end of the sheath and in a direction away from the fishing line, and a semicylindrical portion at the trailing end which has non-parallel longitudinal edges, whereby the sheath tongue causes the moving lure to submerge and the non-parallel longitudinal sheath edges of the semicylindrical portion cause the moving lure to wobble.

Claim 9

A luminous fishing lure attachable to a fishing line and adaptable for being submerged in and moved relative to a body of water comprising: an elongated source of light; a hollow sheath slidabLy mounted on the light source, the sheath having leading and trailing ends with respect to the direction of movement of the lure relative to the water, a tongue extending from the leading end of the sheath and in a direction away from the fishing line, and a semicylindrical portion at the trailing end which has non-parallel longitudinal edges, whereby the sheath tongue causes the moving lure to submerge and the non-parallel longitudinal sheath edges of the semicylindrical portion cause the moving lure to wobble.

Claim 10

A luminous fishing lure as recited in claim 5 wherein the sheath is made of a material which is translucent.