| 摘要 |
Apparatus for baiting fishing hooks attached at spaced intervals by snoods to a long line comprising guide means for receiving the lines, snoods and eyes of the hooks to channel them longitudinally and unobstructedly through said apparatus and restrict them against lateral displacement out of the guide means. Orienting and tensioning means, laterally offset from the guide means, momentarily engage each hook to progressively rotatably orient it while increasing the tension on the hook and its associated snood. As the hook then leaves the orienting and tensioning means, it flips into a baiting chamber to securely impale bait supplied thereto. The baited hook leaves the apparatus together with the snood and main line, thus reducing the chance of loss of bait by a whiplash action, in which the hook and snood have to be separated from the main line before passing through the baiter. In addition, according to the present invention, the hook orientation is carefully controlled from the moment the hook enters the apparatus to the moment it leaves the orienting and tensioning means, to ensure effective baiting.
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