KR-20260065242-A - A ARTIFICIAL BAIT

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide an Egi that can contribute to improving the fishing yield of cephalopods, characterized by an Egi in which the heads of two Egis, each equipped with a two-stage hook on its tail, are connected by a hinge axis, thereby providing an opportunity to catch cephalopods attempting to slide and escape from the body of one Egi by getting caught on the hook of the other Egi, thereby increasing the fishing yield. Each of the above jigs is connected by inserting a hinge shaft with the heads overlapping by approximately half. Above the water surface, both jigs fold at an acute angle due to their own weight, and when lowered into the water and subjected to buoyancy, both jigs unfold at a flat or obtuse angle. Then, after the sinker touches the seabed, both jigs overcome the buoyancy and fold back at an acute angle. A cephalopod that has climbed onto the spring body of one jig and realized it is not live bait may try to escape from the jig's body but get caught on the hook of the other jig and be captured. The same applies in the opposite case. As two jigs are combined, the effect of attracting cephalopods is doubled. The problem of the present invention described above can be realized as a two-piece set of jigs by hinge-connecting two jigs equipped with two-stage hooks on their tails, thereby giving cephalopods attempting to escape by sliding out of the body of one jig an opportunity to be caught and captured by the hook of the other jig. When two jigs are combined, the effect of attracting cephalopods increases twofold compared to one jig.

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Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20241101

Claims (2)

1. An Egi characterized by having two sets of Egis placed together with their heads overlapping by half thickness and connected by a hinge axis, so that they fold at an acute angle before being lowered into the water and when the sinker settles on the seabed, allowing a cephalopod that bites one of the two Egis but instinctively realizes it is not live bait to attempt to escape and get caught on the hook of the adjacent Egi and be captured.
2. In claim 1, the jig folds on both sides when the sinker lands on the water surface and on the seabed, unfolds into a flat or obtuse angle due to buoyancy when the rig is cast underwater, and the angle of the jig changes according to the strength of the current and when jigging, thereby increasing the effect of attracting cephalopods.

Description

Egi{A ARTIFICIAL BAIT} Egi{A ARTIFICIAL BAIT} The present invention relates to a jigs for catching cephalopods that focus on improving catch rates. Artificial bait is used when fishing for cephalopods such as cuttlefish, squid, octopus, and cuttlefish. The artificial bait is an Egi, a specialized rig for cephalopod fishing that is attached to the tail of a body that mimics a large shrimp (Published Patent No. 10-2023-0141379) or a fry (Published Patent No. 10-2023-0077572), with a two-stage hook bundle having multiple hooks arranged radially attached to it, a sinker near the pectoral fin, and a loop attached to the mouth area to connect to the main line to catch cephalopods. There is also an Egi with radial hooks attached to a thick bead with a sinker attached (also known as Okdongja), and a 3-stage hook type Egi with a hook larger than the tail hook attached to the middle part of the body (Published Patent No. 10-2021-0112781). By utilizing the nature of cephalopods to reflexively attack objects that appear to be alive in the seawater, lure them to cling to the jig with the movement of the jig, making it look as if it is alive, and set the hook as soon as a bite is detected. Conventional jigs, excluding the 3-stage hook type, have the hook attached only to the tail end of the jig, so it is easy to fail to catch cephalopods if they bite the jig body instead of the hook or if you rashly set the hook while they are lightly attached. When jigging a 3-hook type Egi, there is a high probability that the leader line will get tangled on the top hook, and every time the tangled leader line is untangled, fishing time is wasted, hindering the improvement of the catch, and the catch that can be caught with a single Egi is limited. FIG. 1 is a front view of an egg according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the Egi hinge portion. FIG. 3 is a front view of the case where both egos are deployed at a flat (or obtuse) angle. Figure 4 shows the state of the jig upon entry into the water. FIG. 5 is a front view of the sinker when it lands on the seabed. Hereinafter, a cephalopod catching jig according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings prepared based on a preferred embodiment. FIG. 1 is a front view of an egret for catching cephalopods according to an embodiment of the present invention. The egret is a combination type in which two conventional egrets (1, 2) with a two-stage needle (3) attached to the tail are connected by a hinge shaft (4) so that they can be folded and unfolded. Specifically, the heads (5,6) of the two jigs (1,2) are cut to half their thickness, and the two cut surfaces are joined together so that the cross-sectional area of the circular heads does not increase, making them sleek. Then, an axial hole is drilled through the center of the two joined heads and a hinge shaft (4) is inserted therein to make the two jigs (1,2) foldable so that they can be folded and unfolded (Fig. 2). FIG. 1 is a case where both jigs (1, 2) naturally fold due to their own weight when above the water surface, and also due to their own weight when the sinker lands on the seabed and the buoyancy disappears. FIG. 3 is a case where both jigs (1, 2) are thrown into the water and unfold into a flat or obtuse angle due to buoyancy and the resistance of the seawater below the jigs (1, 2). The smaller the acute angle (α) of the jigs (1, 2), the shorter the distance between the hooks (3) of the jigs (1, 2) on both sides, so the higher the probability that a cephalopod that bites one side's jig (1) and then flees will get caught on the hook (3) of the other side's jig (2). The same is true for the probability that a cephalopod that searches for the other side's jig (2), realizes it is not live bait, and flees will get caught on the hook (3) of the jig (1) on one side. The outer surface of the body of the Egi (1, 2) is colored with different colors, saturation, and brightness according to the Munsell color chart. By doing this, the two Egis (1, 2) can more effectively encourage the bite of two types of pods through the contrast effect of different colors. The above Egi (1, 2) depicts a fry as the body of the Egi, but it is not limited to this and can be replaced with a large or medium-sized large fish. However, one thing to note is that if the body length of the Egi increases, the weight increases, and when two are combined into a set in the manner described above, the height of the jigging increases, causing fishing fatigue to accumulate and the current to have a significant effect, making it easy to be swept away by the current and move away from the point, especially in the case of boat fishing. Also, it includes having different body lengths for both Egi (1, 2). Drawing symbol (12) is a hinge shaft end cap and a large eye ornament. In FIG. 4, the tip of the main line (8) is inserted through the side space (7 in FIG. 2) of the hinge sha