US Patent Issued to Navico on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for monitoring fishing lures coupled to a marine vessel" (New Zealander Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,281, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Navico Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring fishing lures coupled to a marine vessel" was invented by Mathew J. Hooper (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a fishing lure coupled to a marine vessel via a line. The method includes receiving a position with respect to the marine vessel in which the fishing lure is coupled to the marine vessel via the line. The method further includes receiving a line length of the line extending between the marine vessel and the fishing lure when the fishing lure is in use outside the marine vessel. The m...