A quick-release fish hook enables an angler to one-handedly release a fish
caught on the hook without dangerous hand exposure to sharp fish teeth or
the hook itself. A forward hook shank portion with an interior channel is
connected to a slotted rear shank portion extending obliquely from the
rear end of the forward hook shank portion. A generally U-shaped hook
member with a sharp tip and an opposed locking notch is rotatively
attached in the slot in the rear shank portion by a swivel pin which is
displaced from the axis of the forward hook shank portion. A lock rod
rides in the interior channel and is rearwardly spring-biased at all times
to be disposed in the locking notch. The hook is released by pulling a
distal button connected to the lock rod to retract the lock rod from the
notch. A cam surface is adjacent the locking notch and forces retraction
of the lock rod from an extended position and into the interior channel
when the unlocked hook member is rotated. Further rotation enables the
biased lock rod to snap into the locking notch to lock the hook for
angling.
