Fishing Board Game

Abstract

An improved fishing board game comprising a gameboard, fish cards, color cards, bait boards, playing cards, game pieces and a pair of dice. The gameboard comprises a plurality of color card slots for holding color cards and at least one fishing hole associated with each color card slot, said fishing hole being shaped and sized to securely hold a game piece. A fish card identifies a player's target fish which, if caught, increases the points associated with the catch. The color cards assign a point value to a catch which varies depending upon whether the player has selected an appropriate bait on the player's bait board. The playing cards are used to catch a fish, impair an opponent or assist a player. The dice are used to generate random numbers required by the game rules.

1 . A fishing board game comprising: 
 a game board having a starting area, a plurality of color card slots for holding color cards and at least one fishing hole associated with each color card slot;    a plurality of fish cards, each said fish card designating a fish, for identifying a player's target fish and enhancing points associated with that fish on color cards;    a plurality of colored color cards, each said color card having a plurality of bait designator, fish and point combinations and each said color card having a fish and point combination not associated with a bait designator;    a plurality of bait boards for assignment to players, each said bait board having a plurality of labeled grouped baits, each said bait within said grouped baits being associated with a bait designator for associating the bait with fish and point combinations on the color cards and each said bait within said grouped baits being associated with a bait selector for selecting the bait on the bait board; and    a plurality of playing cards comprising number cards for catching a fish designated on a color card.    
   
   
       2 . The fishing board game of  claim 1 , wherein the number cards are comprised of cards displaying at least one number.  
   
   
       3 . The fishing board game of  claim 1 , wherein the fish associated with each bait designator, fish and point combination on the color cards of each color is selected from a group of fish having similar desirability and preferred foods.  
   
   
       4 . The fishing board game of  claim 2 , wherein the fish associated with each bait designator, fish and point combination on the color cards of each color is selected from a group of fish having similar desirability and preferred foods.  
   
   
       5 . A fishing board game comprising: 
 a game board having a starting area, a plurality of color card slots for holding color cards, a fish card slot for holding fish cards, a playing card draw slot for holding unplayed playing cards, a playing card discard slot for holding discarded playing cards, a dice bubble for containing and randomly rolling a pair of dice and at least one fishing hole associated with each color card slot, each said fishing hole being shaped and sized to securely hold a game piece;    a plurality of fish cards, each said fish card designating a fish, for identifying a player's target fish and enhancing points associated with that fish on color cards;    a plurality of colored color cards, each said color card having a plurality of bait designator, fish and point combinations and each said color card having a fish and point combination not associated with a bait designator;    a plurality of bait boards for assignment to players, each said bait board having a plurality of labeled grouped baits, each said bait within said grouped baits being associated with a bait designator for associating the bait with fish and point combinations on the color cards and each said bait within said grouped baits being associated with a bait selector for selecting the bait on the bait board;    a plurality of playing cards comprising: 
 number cards for catching a fish designated on a color card;  
 a plurality of name cards comprising: 
 a plurality of game warden cards for impairing an opponent's ability to accumulate points;  
 a plurality of fishing license cards for neutralizing the game warden cards;  
 a plurality of bonus bait cards for permitting a player to select an additional bait on the bait board assigned to that player;  
 a plurality of bogus bait cards for inhibiting an opponent's ability to select baits within a bait group on the opponent's assigned bait board; and  
 
 a plurality of snag cards for impairing an opponent's ability to catch a fish by playing the number cards;  
   a plurality of game pieces for designating each player's position on the game board, each said game piece being sized and shaped to fit within a fishing hole; and    a pair of dice enclosed within the dice bubble for generating random numbers.    
   
   
       6 . The fishing board game of  claim 5 , wherein the number cards are comprised of cards displaying at least one number.  
   
   
       7 . The fishing board game of  claim 5 , wherein the fish associated with each bait designator, fish and point combination on the color cards of each color is selected from a group of fish having similar desirability and preferred foods.  
   
   
       8 . The fishing board game of  claim 6 , wherein the fish associated with each bait designator, fish and point combination on the color cards of each color is selected from a group of fish having similar desirability and preferred foods.  
   
   
       9 . The fishing board game of  claim 1 , wherein each said fish card contains a picture of the fish designated by that fish card for educating a player as to the physical appearance of the fish.  
   
   
       10 . The fishing board game of  claim 1 , wherein each said fish card contains a habit description of the fish designated by that fish card for educating a player as to a habit of the fish.  
   
   
       11 . The fishing board game of  claim 5 , wherein each said fish card contains a picture of the fish designated by that fish card for educating a player as to the physical appearance of the fish.  
   
   
       12 . The fishing board game of  claim 5 , wherein each said fish card contains a habit description of the fish designated by that fish card for educating a player as to a habit of the fish.