DK202170568A1

DK202170568A1 - Apparatus for managing the line of a handline fishing device on board a fishing vessel

Info

Publication number: DK202170568A1
Application number: DKPA202170568A
Authority: DK
Inventors: Skjaldarson Tryggvi
Original assignee: Skjaldarson Tryggvi
Priority date: 2019-05-14
Filing date: 2021-11-17
Publication date: 2021-11-24
Also published as: EP3968768A1; WO2020230172A1

Abstract

The invention provides an apparatus and a method for managing a jigging line or handline during pulling in and paying out the trailing section. The device and method of the present invention provide a solution, where the fisherman does not have to handle the trailing section on the deck of the boat. The apparatus comprising: - a handline reel (1), said handline reel storing a handline with a trailing section, said trailing section further comprising one or more hooks to place bait on and a sinker below said trailing section to sink the trailing section, - a gallows (3), said gallows comprising at least two vertical portions (3a) extending upwards from opposite gunwales and at least one lateral portion (3b) linking the two vertical portions (3a), - a number of rollers (4), said rollers (4) being positioned at different positions on the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other during hauling and paying out the handline, – a stopper (5) for preventing a hooked fish to be pulled beyond the position of the stopper, and for stopping hauling in motion of the handline reel.

Description

APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE LINE OF A HANDLINE

FISHING DEVICE ON BOARD A FISHING VESSEL Field of the invention The invention provides a method and an apparatus for managing the tralliing section of a jigging line or handing during pulling in and paving out of the handling from a fishing baat, Background Hand line fishing or handfining, is widely used todav and is one of the oldest fishing techniques stl used today. Handlining is based on a single fishing ling, where one or more fishing lures or baited hooks are attached to the line and the ling is jigged and jerked to mirnie 3 living marine lifefgrm, At the end of the jigging line there is 3 sinker and above the sinker is a trailing section with a one or plurality of baited hooks, Although handiining was done purely by hand before, the modern jigging technique uses a computer-controlled mechanic reel for jigging and reeling the tralling section in and out of the hast. The modern handlining reels are computerized and automatic as indicated above, with paying out and puding the line in and where the device senses when the sinker hits the bottom of the ocean. The fisherman can customize the jigging motion by setting the speed and frequency of the jigging motion as well as depth of fishing. The trailing section, having a plurality of Daited hooks is pulled on board the fishing boat så when at least one fish has taken a bait on the line, As the hooked fish reaches the gunwale it is grabbed or hooked by the fisherman and unhooked from the bait and into a container next to the gunwale, The management of the trailing section once on hoard the boat is demanding and time consuming as the fisherman is not only dealing with the unhovking the fish, but alsa minding the baited trailing section being pulled in and paying — the ling out again. Summary of the Invention The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for managing a jigging line or handline during puliing in and paying out the trailing section, Furthermore, the device and method of the present invention provide a solution, where the fisherman does not have Ww handle the railing section on board the boat. The device of the present invention comprises a computer-controljød handline res! and gallows or a frame linking the starboard and the port gunwale of the boat. The gallows have two vertical members

DK 2021 70568 A1 2 axtending upwards from each gunwale and a iateral member linking the two vertical members. The gallows further contain a number of rollers for leading the railing section along the gallows. The device further comprises a stopper for stopping the res as a fish has been pulled over the gunwale. By positioning the rollers on each upper comer af the gallows, by the stopper and the handling reel, the trailing section is led through the stopper, over the gallows and towards the real, thereby keeping the tralling section untangled and free from handling and off the deck. It is an object of the present invention to overcomes or ameliorate the aforementionsd drawbacks of the prior art and to provide an improved andfor alternative and/or additional method or device for handling the tratling section of a handline or jigging fishing device on board the boat, It is one preferred object of the present invention to orovide an apparatus for handling the tralling section of a handline or jigging fishing device on board the boat during hauling in and paying out a handline from a reel using a gallows structure over the deck of the boat fo hold and store the {railing section of the handling without the need of human management.

The advantage of the apparatus and the method of the present invention is that the device can facilitate the management af the tralling section of a handling from paving out ta hauling in without the need of a fisher man to “man” handle the tralling section, This is obtained by a gallows structure and a handline reel, where the resl is positioned on the apposite gumvale to where the ling is entering the ocean. Between the wo opposite gunwale, a gallows structure is formed leading the handline and at ast the trailing section up and over above the deck and down towards the reel. The gallows has a stopper on the hauling side so that when a hooked fish is hauled out of thea ocean it is not dragged along the gallows, but as it hits the stopper the res! stops hauling in until the fish has been taken of the hook, Then the rest continues to haul in the fine unl iv ig fully hauled in, thereafter the res! lowers the line again into the ocean unless the hooks need to be attended to. This means that the trailing section is never placed on the deck and will therefore not get tangled there or to be moved or handled in any way by the fisher man.

320 The object(s) underlying the present invention is (are) particularly solved by the features defined in the independent daims. The dependent daims relate to preferred embodiments of the present invention. Further additional and/or alternative aspects are discussed below.

Thus, at least one of the preferred aspect of the present invention is solved by an 35% apparatus for managing the line of a handling fishing device on board & fishing vessel The apparatus comprises i) a handling reel for storing 3 handling with 3 trailing section,

DK 2021 70568 A1 3 where the trailing section further comprising one or more baited hooks and a sinker below said trailing section to sink the tailing section, Hi) gallows, where the gallows comprise at least wo vertical portions extending upwards fram opposite gunwales and af least one lateral portion linking the two vertical portions, i} a number of rollers being positioned at different positions on the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other gunwsle during hauling and paving out the handling, and iv) a stopper for preventing a hooked fish to be pulled devond the position of the stopper and for stopping hauling in motion of the handling real,

Another aspect of the present invention is solved by a system for managing the line of &

handline fishing device on board a fishing vessel, The system comprises: 1} arranging gallows comprising at least two vertical portions extending upwards from gpposite gunwales and at least one lateral portion connecting the two vertical portions, #3 providing s handling reel for storing a handling with a trailing section, wherein the trading section and further comprising one gr more baited hooks and a sinker below said {railing section to sink the tailing section, iii} arranging a plurality of rollers being positioned at differant positions on the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwsaie to the other during hauling and paving out the handling, and vi) providing a stopper for the gallows for preventing a hooked fish ro be pulled beyond the position of the stopper and for stopping hauling in motion of the handiine real,

Another aspect of the present invention is solved by method for managing the ling of a handiine fishing device on board a fishing vessel, The method comprises the steps of:

al) positioning a handline reel on or near a gunwale of a fishing boat, said handling reel storing & handling with a trailing section, said trailing section further comprising one ar more baited hooks and a sinker below sald trating section to sink the tailing section,

&) hauling in and paying out the handline over gallows, said gallbws comprising at least, two vertical members extending upwards from opposite gunwales and at least one fateral member linking the two vertical members, wherein the handline reel is positioned on an opposite side to where the hand line is lowered inte the ocean,

320 © advancing the tralling section of the handling over the gallows by use of a plurality of rollers being positioned at different positions on the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows fram ane gunwale to the other during hauling and paying out the handling, and d) using a stopper for graventing a hooked fish to be pulled beyond the position of the stopper and for stopping hauling in motion of the handline reel until the fish has been released from the hook,

DK 2021 70568 A1 4 & further aspect of the present vention is solved by a method for managing the line af a handline fishing device on board a fishing vessel, the method using the apparatus disclosed herein comprising i) a handling rest for storing a handling with a tratling section and a sinker, where the tailing section has one or more hooks for placing bait, iD gallows between opposite gunwales and over a deck of a fishing vessel with a plurality of rollers to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other during hauling and paving out the handling, and iv} a stopper for praventing a hooked fish to be pulled beyond the position of the stopper and for stopping hagling in motion of the handling reel A further aspect of the present invention is solved by a system for managing the line of a handling fishing device on board a fishing vessel.

The system comprises; 1) two or more gallows between opposite gunwales and over a deck of a fishing vessel! with a plurality of rollers to guide a handline line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other during

158 hauling and paying out the handling, ID a handline reel for storing the handline with a trailing section and a sinker, where the tailing section has one or more hooks for placing bait, 1) and vi) a stopper for the gallows for preventing a hooked fish to be pulled hevond the position of the stopper and for stopping hauling in motion of the handling reel, The twa or more galiows are arranged in parallel and spaced apart on the fishing vessel and the system further comprises computer monitored sensors associated with the handiine real for detecting for instance if a fish is hookad on the handline and or when the sinker hits the bottom of the fake or ocean where a remote control for gach of the handline reels allows a fisherman to pay out and haul the handling from each handling reel remotely from a housing on the fishing vessel, This is efficient when the fisherman is searching for fish and scanning an args of water, Description of the invention The following definitions and embodiments relate to tha method, the apparatus of the invention,

In the present context the terms “handing” or jigging line” relate to a fishing method In the present context the terms “ocean” or “lake” relate to where one or more fishing ures or baited hooks are attached to the line and the line is jigged and jerked to mimic a fivirg marine ifeform.

At the end of the jigging line there is 3 sinker and above the sinker is a trailing section with a one or plurality of baited hooks.

In the praesent context the term ”tralling section” refers to the fishing and sinking portion of the handling. A sinker is placed at the end of the trailing section and above the sinker ane or more hooks are attached where the hooks are covered or hidden with a bait, organic or artificial, 5 In the present context the term “gallows” or “frame” refers to a structure placed over the deck of the boat/vessel to form a high raised “bridge” to hold and guide the trailing section in a single line over the deck without getting tangled. The gallows are made from at least bars or poles extending upwards from the gunwale or deck on each side of the boat and bars or poles connecting the at least two bars ør poles ta form a continusus guiding structure for the trailing section as it is pulled up from the ocean and over the deck. In the present context the terms “reel”, “handling reel” or "means for storing and hauling in and paving out a handline fishing ling” refers to a mechanical and/or computer controlled reel for hauling in and paving out a handling, such as, but not limited ta DNS 18 type of handling reels, In an embodiment of the present invention the apparatus further comprises a guiding member or for keeping the handing away from the gunwale of the boat during hauling in and paying out the trailing section. In an embodiment of the present invention the apparatus is mounted on the apposite 20 — gunwales of the boat and wherein the handling rest is mounted on the gunwale apposite the side where the handiine is iowered into the ocean, In an embodiment of the present invention the gallows comprise two parallel two vertical portions and at least one lateral portion linking the two vertical portions, and wherein the position of each roller on said gallows is arranged to be posittoned between the comprise Z5 two paraliet two vertical portions. In an embodimant of the present invention the rollers are attached to the gallows by attachment means on an axis, wherein said attachment means are arranged to guide the handline away from the vertical portion of the gallows on the handline reel side and over the highest point of the lateral portion.

In an embodiment of the present invention the apparatus further comprises a codlecting box below the stopper ta sollect Fish being unhooked from the baited hooks.

& In an embodiment of the present invention the gallows link the starboard and the port gunwale of the boat, and wherein the dearance height of the gallows is above the size of & fisher man.

In an embodiment of the present invention two ar more gallows are arranged in parallel and spaced apart on the fishing vessel In an embodiment of the present invention the two or more parallel arranged gallows are connected by a af least one iongitudinat portion in the uppermost part of the vertical portions, In an embodiment of the present invention the lateral portions åre arranged at the front 180 and the aft end of the longitudinat portion along sach gunwale of the fishing vessel forming a frame between the or more gallows.

In an embodiment of the present invention the number of gallows is three or more, space is defined between two gallows for allowing vertical lifting of tubs on and off the deck.

In an smbopdiment of the present invention the system further Comprises sensors associated with the handiine reel for detecting one or more of 1) if & fish is hooked on the handing, #) whan the sinker hits the bottom of the lake or ocean.

In an embodiment of the present invention the system further comprises a computer for monitoring sensors.

In an embodiment of the present invention the system further comprises a remote control connection for each of the handling resis.

In an embodiment of the present invention paying out and hauling handling from each haniling res! can be remetely controled from a housing on the fishing vassal, In an embodiment of the present invæntion the method using the apparatus of the present invention In an embodiment of the present invention the {railing section of the handline is guided through the stopper, along the gallows and towards the rest, This prevents the handling and the trailing section to become tangled on the deck after hauling.

Description of Drawings The present vention will become more fully understood fram the detailed description given hereinafter and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus, are not imitative of the present invention, and whersin: FIG. 1 is a schematic rear view drawing of a boat and devices and a system according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic side view drawing of devices and & system according to one ambodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of 3 system with a plurality of connected gallows on a boat.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view, different from Fig. 3, of a system with a plurality of connected gallows on a boat Figure 1 shows the apparatus of the present invention, The figure is a drawing showing 3 rear view of a fishing boat and the apparatus mounted on the boat. The system shown in Fig, 1 handles the tralling section of a handling fishing device where a computer controlled handling reel I is mounted on the gunwale opposite where the handling 2 is towered into the ocean. Gallows or a frame 3, linking the starboard and the port gunwale of the baat, such that the gallows are made from two vertical members Ja extending upwards fram each gunwale and a fateral member 3b linking the two vertical members 3a. A number of rollers & are positioned at the comer of the gallows and behind the stopper 5 in order to lead the trailing section along the gallows, keeping it straight and off the deck. A guiding roller 8 or bumper is used to keep the handline away from the gurnwale of the boat 7. In Fig. 2 a side visw Of a boat is shown with 3 gallows arranged along the deck of the boat to handle three handline devices, Each gallows have two vertical members 3a extending upwards From sach gunwale and rollers 4 are positioned between the two vertical members 3a by fastening means. In Fig.3 a system is shown where three gallows ara arranged in parslfel and spaced apart on the fishing vessel and the gallows are cormected by a one longitudinal portion 3c over each gunwale in the uppermost part of the vertical portions 3a. The laters! portions 3b are arranged at the front and the aft end of the longitudinal portion 3c along each gunwale of the fishing vesset forming & frame belwaen the or more gallows. This drawing also shows how 2 space 11 is defined between two gallows for allowing vertical lifting of tubs on and off the deck.

DK 2021 70568 A1 8 In Fig. 4 the guiding member § or for keeping the handline away from the gunwale 10 of the boat 7 during hauling in and paying out the tralling section, ås used herein, including in the daims, singular forms of terms are to be construed ås also including the plural form and vice versa, unless the context indicates otherwise, Thus, it should be noted that as used herein, the singular forms "a,” “an,” and "the" include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, Throughout the description and claims, the terms “comprise”, "including", “having”, and “contain” and their variations should be understood as meaning "including but not limited 0”, and are not intended to exclude other components.

18 The present invention also covers the exact terms, features, values and ranges stg. in case these terms, features, values and ranges alt, are used in conjunction with terms such as about, ground, generally, substantially, essentially, at least etc. {L.e., "about 3" shall also cover exactly 3 or "substantially constant” shall also cover exactly constant). The term "at least one” should be understood as meaning "one or more”, and therefore 18 includes both embodiments that include one or multiple components. Furthermore, dependent claims that refer to independent claims that describe features with "at least ane” have the same meaning, both when the feature is referred to as “the” and “the at least ane”.

It will be appreciated that variations to the foregoing embodiments of the invention can s0 be made while still falling within the scope of the invention can be made while still falling within scope of the invention, Features disclosed in the specification, unless stated otherwise, Can be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose. Thus, unless stated otherwise, gach feature disclosed represents one example of a generic series of egulvalent or similar features, Use of exemplary language, such as "for instance”, "such as”, "for example” and the ike, is merely intended to better illustrate the invention and does not indicate a limitation on the scope of the invention unless so claimed. Any steps described in the specification may be performed in any order or simultaneously, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, All of the features and/or steps disclosed in the specification can be combined in any combination, except for combinations where at least some of the features and/or steps are mutually exclusive. In particular, preferred features of the vention are applicable to al aspects of the invention and may be used in any combination.

Claims

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CLAIMS i. An apparatus for managing the ine of a handline fishing device on board a fishing vessel, the apparatus comprising: «a handline reel 1, said handline real storing a handline with a trailing section, said trailing section further comprising one or møre hooks to place bait on and a sinker below said tralling section to sink the tailing section, — gallows 3, said gallows comprising at least two vertical portions 3a extending upwards from opposite gunwales and at least one lateral portion 3b linking the two vertical portions 3a, «a number of rollers 4, said rollers 4 being positioned at different positions on the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other during hauling and paying out the handline — a stopper 3 for preventing & hooked fish to be pulled beyond the position of the stopper, {and før stopping hauling in motion of the handling reel i5

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherain the apparatus further Comprises 8 guiding member & or for keeping the handling away fram the gunwale 10 of the boat 7? during hauling in and paying out the railing section.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, whergin the apparatus is mounted on the opposite gumvales of the boat and wherein the handling reel is mounted on the gunwale opposite the side where the handling 2 is lowered into the ocean.

4, The apparatus according to claim i, wherein the gallows comprise two parallel two vertical portions Ja and al least one lateral portion 3b linking the two vertical portions 3a, and wherein the position of each roller 4 on sald gallows is arranged to be positioned between the comprise two parallel two vertical portions 3a.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rollers are attached to the gallows by attachment means 8 on an axis 9, wherein said attachment means B are arranged to guide the handing away from the vertical portion of the gallows on the handline res! side and over the highest point of the lateral portion.

&. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus further comprises a collecting box below the stopper to collect fish being unhooked from the baited hooks.

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7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the gallows link the starboard and the vort gunwate of the boat, and wherein the clearance healght of the gallows is above the size of a fisher man.

8. A system for managing the line of a handling fishing device on board a fishing vessel, the system comprising: ~ arranging gallows 3 comprising at least two vertical portions Ja extending upwards from opposite gumvales and at least one lateral portion 30 connecting the two vertical portions 3a, io — providing a handling reel I for storing a handling with a trailing section, uwherein the trailing section and further comprising one or more baited hooks and a sinker below said trafting section to sink the tailing section, — arranging a plurality of rollers 4 being positioned at different positions of the gallows, to guide the line along the gallows from one gunwale to the other i8 during hauling and paying out the handline ~ providing a stopper 5 for the gallows for preventing a hooked fish to be pulled beyond the position of the stopper and for stopping hauling in motion of the handling reel,

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein two or more gallows are grrangad in paral! and spaced apart on the fishing vessel,

10. The system according to calm 9, wherein the two or more parallel arranged gallows are connected by a at least one ongiuding! portion 3c in the uppermost part of the vertical portions 3a,

11. The system according to claims 9 and 10, wherein the lateral portions 3b are arranged at the front and the aft end of the longitudinal portion 3¢ along each gunwale of the fishing vessel forming a frame between the or more gallows, 39

12. The system according to cilaims 8-11, wherein where the number of gallows is three or more, space is defined between two gallows for allowing vertical Hfting of tubs on and aff the deck.

13. The system according to Claims 8-12, wherein the system further COMmprises sensors associated with the handline reel for detacting one or more of i) if a fish is hooked on the handling, i) when the sinker hits the bottom of the lake gr ocean.

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14. The system according to clam 13, wherein the system further comprises a computer for monitoring sensors.

15. The system according to claims 8-14, wherein the system further comprises a remote-control connection for sach of the handling reels.

16. The system according to dam 15, wherein paving out and hauling handline from each handling reel can be remotely controlled from a housing on the fishing vessel,

17. A method for managing the line of a handline fishing device on board a fishing vessel, the method using the apparatus of claims 1-7,

18. & method for managing the line of a handling fishing device on hoard a fishing vessel, the method comprising the steps of: i5 — positioning a handling mel on or near a gunmwale of a fishing boat, said handling reel storing a handline with a trailing section, said trating section further comprising one or more bailed hooks and a sinker below said trailing section to sink the {ailing section, — hauling in and paying out the handline over gallows , said gallows comprising at feast, two vertical members extending upwards from opposite gunwafes and at least one lateral member linking the two vertical members, wherein the handline reel is positioned on an opposite side to where the hand line is lowered into the ocean, — advancing the trailing section of the handline over the gallows by use of a plurality of rollers being positioned at different positions on the gallows, to guide the Ene along the gallows from one gunwals to the other during hauling and paying out the handling - and — using a stopper for preventing a hooked fish to he pulled beyond the position 39 of the stopper and for stopping havling in motion of the handling real until the fish has been released from the hook, 19, The method according to claim 18, wherein the trailing section of the handling is guided through the stopper, along the gallows and towards the reel. Emb not tangled on the deck.