US Patent Issued to Yakima Bait on May 19 for "Fishing lure with bait chamber" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,803, issued on May 19, was assigned to Yakima Bait Co. (Granger, Wash.).

"Fishing lure with bait chamber" was invented by Shane P. Magnuson (Granger, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a fishing lure and method of assembly thereof. Specifically, embodiments of a fishing lure are disclosed that include a head portion and a tail portion that are couplable to form a bait chamber. The fishing lure is attachable to a leader via a passage formed by the fishing lure that remains within the chamber from a first hole formed in the head portion to a second hole formed in the tail portion. The second hole is formed in a su...