(under subclass 4) Apparatus having a plurality of hooks or tines arranged on a rigid support or mounting means in such a way as not to be taken into the mouth of the fish, but to snag or pierce the body of the fish or shell fish.
(1) Note. Shellfish, sponges, etc., may be taken by these rigs. In the case of shellfish, the tines may enter the open shell to be gripped thereby.
(2) Note. There may be bait or lures associated with the device, but it is not "set" in the usual manner in the mouth of a fish.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
43.16+, for hooks, and particularly subclass 44.82, for those
having plural piercing points adapted to be taken into or "set" in the mouth of a fish.
