US Patent Issued on Sept. 23 for "Jug fishing with lights" (Alabama Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,293, issued on Sept. 23.

"Jug fishing with lights" was invented by James Nelson (Coker, Ala.) and Kevin Jackson (Coker, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jug fishing with lights including a housing assembly, a reel assembly and an electronic assembly. The housing includes a flotation housing. The reel assembly includes a spool and a fishing line. The electronic assembly includes a light and a sensor. The flotation housing has a cylindrical shape. The flotation housing is hollow. The spool is attached to inner walls of the flotation housing. The fishing line is wounded on the spool. The flotation housing floats in water having th...