Signal devices

An outrigger clip for use in releasably securing a fishing line to the run-out line on an outrigger pole, the clip being constructed to reduce or eliminate fouling of the fishing line. The body and clip release arm are constructed so that the clip, when in use, will have a tendency to hang from the outrigger...     

This device consists primarily of a frame insertable into the ground or mountable on any supporting structure such as the side of a boat or wharf, and having an adjustable cradle fastened thereon for holding a fishing pole and the device includes spring and adjustable fastener means for applying the...     

A fisherman's accessory which is readily and removably attached to rods of different sizes, and in which a drum switch of special design completes a circuit to electrical signal means when the line is taken by a fish. The arrangement includes means for varying the resistance offered by the device before...     

A light and signal device is adapted for use adjacent a body of water and to resiliently support thereon an end portion of a fishing rod or pole having a baited hook in the body of water. The signal device has an electrical contact member extending from a resiliently supported fishing rod holder and...     

A floatable fishing device comprising a float and fishing lamps to indicate catches of fish on hooks associated with the device. A pair of pendulum operated switches actuate two lamps, of different colors, depending on the direction of the swinging of the pendulum when the float is inclined by the pull...     

This invention relates to a set pole for ice fishing. The object of this invention is to provide an air chamber consisting of a pipe or suitable hollow object having two ends and a support means for a set pole, and said support means holds the pole in a vertical position in an ice fishing hole, and said...     

Improvement in a fishing warning light device having a battery operated light to warn a fisherman that a fish is biting on a fishing pole and electrical circuitry for lighting the light, the improvement comprising a lengthwise extending insulative base, the base carrying the circuitry, and a mechanism...     

A frame is insertable into the ground or mountable on any supporting structure such as the side of a boat or wharf and has an adjustable cradle fastened thereon for holding a fishing pole and includes spring and adjustable fastener means for applying the proper tension for the cradle contact with a push...     

A signaling fishing rod holder is provided with a clamp which can be used in one position to clamp the fishing rod holder to the horizontal planks of a pier and in another position to clamp the fishing rod holder to the vertical planking along the side of a boat. A clamp is adapted to cooperate with...     

A bite indicating fishing light clips on a fishing rod and has upper and lower hooks projecting from it substantially parallel to the rod through which the fishing line passes so that bite produced tension on the line pulls the hooks into contact lighting the light. A longitudinally sliding switch button...     

An ice fishing device has a rod and reel member pivotally connected between its ends to the upper end of a mast member which has its lower end portion firmly anchored in an ice mound (initially firmly packed wet snow or slush) adjacent to the hole in the ice, the rod and reel member being retained in...     

A night fishing signal device for mounting on a fishing rod so that movement of the fishing line which indicates the presence of a fish will actuate the device and thereby cause a light signal to flash intermittently.

The ice fishing tip-up comprises a base member and a strut pivoted to the base member. The strut carries a rotatable shaft having the fish line spool fixed axially on the lower end thereof beneath the base member. A latch lever projects radially from the upper end of the shaft above the base member and...     

A signal device is installed on a fish rod by means of a spring clip to indicate the presence of a fish on a line depending from the rod. When a fish moves the line, an actuating element within the device presses a flexible contactor strip against a fixed switch contact, and this completes a circuit...     

A release mechanism for a downrigger or the like for releasably securing the fishing line to the downrigger and for releasing the fishing line in response to the exertion of a predetermined minimum horizontal force substantially regardless of the magnitude of vertical force exerted on the fishing line.

A trolling ski for carrying a fishing line away from the side of a boat includes a two line attachment, a fish-activated line release adapted to prevent fouling of the fishing line, and a hollow cellular body which is compartmentalized to provide for the selective addition or removal of ballast in order...     

An ice fishing rod having a handle and a reel with a means to lock the reel in place when a proper amount of line has been extended therefrom, the line passing through a hollow fishing rod and out through a fishing rod tip. The rod handle is removably attached to a tripod by a support bracket and ice...     

A device for use with a fishing rod for signalling when a fish has struck the hook. The device is protected from damage and is extremely accurate and reliable. One form of the invention comprises a strain gage mounted inside the rod and controlling circuitry located inside the rod to signal when the...     

A down-rigger trolling for attachment between a weight and a cable wherein the vane has a nose adjacent the cable connections and a tail remote from the connections so that the tail trails directing the vane nose-foremost and a fish-line release device mounted on or attached to the back of the vane rearwardly...     

An ice fishing trap has a support dimensioned to span a hole in the ice and provided with a reel. A rod has a flag at one end, a line holder at the other end and a weight slidable on that end between a transverse pivotal connection with the support and the line holder. When the trap is set, the weight...     

A fishing pole mount is provided which includes a pole holding socket and which is adapted either to be planted firmly in the earth or affixed to the side of a boat, and which includes means responsive to a tug on the line to sound a signal, and to provide a regulated tension suitable to set the hook...     

A fishing rod holder and signaling apparatus having a generally vertically disposed support member to which a counterbalanced semi-tubular rod holder is pivotally affixed. The support member may be adjustably connected to an outdoor chair or may be inserted into the ground. The rod holder is counterbalanced...     

Fishing rod attachment, through which fishing line is passed, responsive to the tension in line developed by the pull of a fish caught on the line, which attachment includes an indicating light that is turned on when the line is under tension. The reverse motion of reeling the line back is not impeded...     

The tip-up has pivotally carried arms or limbs which telescope from a maximum, operative length to a stored, minimum length, to render the assembly a small, compact unit. Additionally, a reel is rotatably carried by the tip-up body, for pay-out and retrieval of line, and has a resilient element urged...     

An improved fishing rod tip-up or strike indicator is disclosed which is removably attached to a fishing rod for indicating a strike while, at the same time, releasing the fishing line permitting it to run free. The tip-up has a clamp for removably attaching it to the fishing pole and has a partially...     

A fishing rod holder comprises a tubular holder adapted to have the handle of a fishing rod retained therein. A flexible support member is disposed in the holder to extend in diverging relationship towards the forward end of the holder and has a rearward end thereof secured to a bottom wall of the holder....     

The utility signal device is adapted for use adjacent a body of water to resiliently support an end portion of a fishing rod thereon. The signal device comprises a housing having opposite ends and a chamber formed therein with a battery positioned in the chamber. A buzzer is mounted in the chamber and...     

A line-actuated fishing rod light includes an electrically conductive bracket, a battery therein, a threaded-base, bulb, and a spring wire trigger arm coiled to provide a socket for the bulb and extending beyond the socket to form a trigger finger. A fishing line is wrapped around the finger and, upon...     

A tip-up light having no moving parts for use with ice fishing tip-ups.

The utility signal device is adapted for use adjacent a body of water to resiliently support an end portion of a fishing rod thereon. The signal device comprises a housing having opposite ends and a chamber formed therein with a battery positioned in the chamber. A buzzer is mounted in the chamber and...     

A detecting apparatus that is mountable remote from a fishing rod for monitoring fish strikes. The detecting apparatus includes a rod and line engaging means that is attachable to a portion of the fishing line or rod that experiences movement upon a fish strike. Coupled to the engager means is an insulator...     

A portable watertight signaling device for attaching to a fishing line to provide a selectable audible or visual alarm indication when a fish exerts a pull on the line. A fish line engaging switch mounted exterior to the housing includes a tension adjustment for varying the amount of pull necessary to...     

Automatic fishing apparatus has a rod-holding tube concentrically mounted in a pivoted sleeve which is biased toward an armed position. A solenoid-actuated latch maintains the sleeve in the armed position. The tube is separately biased in the sleeve to permit movement of the tube against a trigger which...     

A device for indicating the pull of a fish on a line including an adjustably biased activator, such as an electrical contact which can be separated by a non-conductive portion of a fishing line. A pull on the line removes the line from the contact which closes due to the bias and completes an electrical...     

A fishing rod holder for signaling the presence of a fish on the line of the rod. The rod handle is held by a holding tube attached to a support in such a way that it may pivot with respect to the support. A push button switch is mounted on the tube at an angle of between 110.degree. and 140.degree....     

An apparatus for signaling if a fish bites a fishing line. The apparatus includes a housing containing a contact bar and an arm. The contact bar and arm are connected to a battery powered electrical circuit that sounds an alarm and energizes a lamp if they contact each other. The arm is biased into contact...     

A signaling fishing stand holds a conventional fishing pole or rod and provides either an audible or visual signal when a fish strikes. The stand has a pointed support which can be made to engage in the ground or with folding legs to hold up the stand and may also provide a tackle box for holding the...     

An indicator assembly for attachment to a fishing rod, which assembly gives a positive, visual indication of a fish bite. The assembly, which may be semi-permanently or permanently mounted on a standard fishing rod, does not in its first, stored position, interfere with the normal use of the rod, being...     

A fishing rod support and warning device comprises an elongated housing, a contact rod resiliently mounted for axial movement within said housing at one end thereof, the outer end of said rod extending from said housing and having support means associated therewith to support a fishing rod. The inner...     

An ice fishing device provides an indication of the presence of a fish on the line. A magnetically actuated switch and a magnet are positioned in close proximity. A metal tab is connected to the fish line and is inserted between the magnet and the magnetically actuated switch. When in its inserted position,...     

An attachment for a fishing rod, the attachment including a case secured to a fishing rod clamp, the containing a battery and lamp in circuit with a switch that is tripped closed by a pivotable lever having a loop on its end through which the fishing line extends, so that when a fish bites on a bait...     

The ice fishing tipup includes a heated flotation member which can be a bowl-like member. A vertically extending tubular member is supported by the bowl-like member and a rotatable shaft is disposed therein. A fishing line spool is carried on the lower end of the shaft beneath the bowl-like member and...     

A signalling device mounts on a fishing rod to signal a hooked fish. Two relatively movable contacts are axially aligned in the direction of the rod's length. An axial bore through the forward-most contact allows a string to pass therethrough and connect to the rear-most contact. The string clamps to...     

There is described a system for ice fishing including a flexible tube filled with an antifreeze solution and through which a fish line extends, the tube being supported in a hole in the ice and the fish line extending through a trigger which releases a tip-up flag and actuates an electric lamp when the...     

A nibbler stick which is conveniently mounted and dismounted on a conventional push-button type fishing float for interchangeability. A broadened base of the stick portion of a nibbler float has a channel along a diameter across which is a bridge. The upper retaining hook of the push-button float fits...     

This ice fishing device comprises a housing, a shaft rotatably affixed to such housing, such shaft extending above and through the housing and into the water below, a removable articulated fishing rod attached to the end of the shaft that is below the water surface and biased so as to extend radially...     

Provided herein is a fishing pole holder which includes an elongated support member adapted to be disposed in an upstanding position on a supporting surface which has a tubular member for accommodating the handle of the fishing pole. The tubular member is pivotally mounted at one end on the support member...     

A fishing tip-up utilizes a rocker arm which is pivotally mounted to a body member for oscillation about a horizontal axis to effect an up and down jigging movement of a hook and bait on a line associated with the arm so as to attract fish. The oscillation of the arm is accomplished through the use of...     

A device mountable upon a tip of a fishing rod for indicating to a fisherman when a fish is nibbling at a baited hook; the device including a case snap-fitted to the rod and containing a dry cell battery and switch in circuit with a lamp for shining in the dark.

A fishing signal apparatus utilizes a detachable clamping mechanism which may be affixed at selected locations along the length of a hand-held type fishing rod and reel. The clamping mechanism has a spring wire affixed thereto. The other end of the spring wire is configured to prohibit a bell mechanism...     

A signal device associated with a fishing rod and fishing line mounted thereon to automatically indicate to a fisherman that a fish has taken the bait by providing both a visual signal and audible signal. The fishing rod bite signal includes a light and buzzer connected to a battery or batteries through...     

A fishing alarm which is simple, economical to fabricate, and rugged includes an injection molded housing with a battery and alarms mounted in the housing. The battery, alarm, electrical interconnect, and switch actuator are readily mounted in the housing. The switch includes a planar member with two...     

An electric fishing jigger for alternately raising and lowering a fishing line in an irregular fashion has an electric motor driving an offset resilient arm to which the fishing line is detachably engaged. The motor is powered by batteries and both are encased and attached to a fishing rod. A line activated...     

A fish detecting system including a radio transmitter in a float attached to a fishing line and a receiver at a point remote from the line. The float includes a power source and a normally open switch between the power source and transmitter. A switch actuator is magnetically held in a switch open position...     

The specification discloses a fish strike alarm usable in both taut-line and slack-line fishing. The alarm includes a housing hingedly mountable on a rod, a spring-loaded line switch extending from the housing, and a clip for releasably securing the fish line over the line switch so that the switch is...     

A fishing rod holder includes an outer cup-shaped plastic body of a generally rectangular configuration and having an internal separation wall defining an alert chamber to one side and a support chamber to the opposite side. A fish rod socket is located within the support chamber with a molded leaf spring...     

A fish strike indicator for use with a fishing rod to provide a signal when a fish pulls on the fishing line and flexes the tip of the rod. The fish strike indicator includes an electrical control circuit which includes a normally open switch and a sensing wire connected between the switch and the tip...     

A fishing float, or "bobber", is disclosed having a hollow buoyant body member which is at least partially transparent, and containing an electric lamp bulb, an electric battery and a resiliently operable electric switch connected in series with the bulb, the body member carrying a line lock adapted...     

An alarm device used for night fishing. The device is mounted on a standard fishing rod holder with the device receiving a portion of the fishing line between a pair of switch contact arms. When a fish takes the bait, the fishing line is pulled free from the contact arms. The arms then close completing...     

A night fishing signaling device includes an elongated battery housing adapted to be mounted on a fishing rod adjacent the free end opposite the handle. An electrically actuated light source is mounted on the housing and electrically connected to the battery by an electrical circuit which includes a...     

A bobber is provided for a fishing line which provides a light signal when a fish strikes. The bobber includes an electrical circuit for the light which has a position-sensitive switch that is activated when the bobber is rotated about its center of gravity due to the striking of a fish. The battery...     

A night fishing signal for use with a fishing pole having a fishing disposition, the signal having a flexible, light transmitting outer container which has a bulbous end portion and is provided with a first chemiluminescent reactant; a second, breakable container disposed within the outer container and...     

A fishing pole holder and line tension alarm wherein a coil spring inside a tube holds the handle of the pole. Tension on the fishing line in a radial direction outward from the holder bends the coil spring against the tube and closes an electrical circuit to activate an alarm. A sleeve surrounding and...     

A fishing rod is disclosed as comprising a handle having a rod portion extending from one end thereof. The extended end of the rod portion is provided with a movable electrical contact which carries a fishing line. The contact is responsive to the presence of a fish on the line for closing an electrical...     

An information system for trawler operation includes a radio link between the bridge or other vessel control station and each of a plurality of fishing devices on the vessel. Each fishing device has a radio transmitter that sends signals from which the vessel operator can determine for such fishing device,...     

Apparatus for indicating activation of a fishing line which includes a support body and a switching mechanism for activating a light indicator on the support body. The support body is secured to a fishing pole having a fishing line associated therewith. The switching mechanism activates the light indicator...     

A signal indicator to indicate a bite of a fish including a housing, a lamp, an audible signal, and a flag, all energized by a pop-up element tripped by the fish bite. The indicator can also be used with a conventional ice fishing tip up fishing device.

A foldable frame receives and supports fishing poles in the usual upwardly-inclined position. One detector on the frame responds to a force applied to any one of the poles, such as a pull on the line carried by the pole, and activates a bell signal accordingly. Other detectors respond to forces on individual...     

An electrical signalling device for a fishing rod holder having an open topped rod support channel spaced forwardly of a rod handle receiving rim portion, includes a switch housing adapted for support on the rod holder, an electrical circuit in the housing including an electrically actuated signal means,...     

A closed face fishing reel is modified or initially formed to provide a seat adjacent the opening through which the fishing line passes. The seat may be formed as a separate member attachable in any suitable manner to the face of the reel or the reel body itself may be formed during manufacture to provide...     

An ice fishing device including a tubular body with suspension arms movable to project radially from the upper end of the body for supporting the body in an ice fishing hole with a lower, major portion of the body submerged. The lower end of the body forms a spool holding a fishing line which can be...     

Ice fishing rig comprising an elongated, hollow, waterproof tube which carries a reel at one end, a resilient bar pivoted thereto and movable between a folded position parallel to the tube and an unfolded position transverse thereto. The bar when unfolded rests on the ice on either side of a fishing...     

A plastic collapsible and nesting tip-up unit has a poised tilt arm and flared windscoop to move the bait in a rhythmic motion. A plastic and adjustable drag type reel is provided with a with simplified signal trip arrangement.

Rig for ice fishing comprising a tripod-mounted ring supporting a windlass having a shaft which spans a diameter of the ring and which carires a reel for rotation therewith. The legs can be folded against the bottom of the ring for storage and transportation. An anti-freeze tube through which the line...     

An audible and visual signal for an indicator for fishing in which the signal includes a resilient wire and a releasable line catch which holds the resilient wire. The indicator is to be mounted on a fishing rod in either of two positions: in one position the line catch is co-planar with respect to the...     

A ground mountable fishing rod holder comprising an elongate stake member having a lower portion thereof insertable into the ground and an upper portion receiving a fishing rod. A ground brace member pivotally engages the stake member at one side thereof and a rod support member slidably and pivotally...     

A fishing line signalling device for attachment to a fishing rod and receiving the fishing line in a manner that a visual or audible alarm or both will be activated when the fish strikes or takes the bait thereby alerting the person using the fishing rod to the fact that a fish has taken the bait or...     

A fishing pole alarm system for warning of the presence of a fish on the fishing line includes a vertical support such as a tripod, and a detector assembly which is adapted to support the upper end of the fishing rod disposed in inclined fashion with the lower end resting on the ground. The detector...     

An elongated resilient cylindrical tube capable of returning to its original shape after being forceably deformed has a closed end and an open end. A sleeve is fixed to the open end of the tube. The tube is filled with buoyancy material and a plurality of different colored dyes, and the sleeve is sealed...     

A fishing apparatus particularly well suited for ice fishing including a housing mounting a fishing reel which deploys a fishing line. Legs are releasably mounted on the housing to support the housing in an operational attitude. An indicating assembly is mounted on the housing for pivotal movement from...     

An ice fishing pole and supporting stand are constructed from modular molded plastic components. The pole has an elongated end portion for dropping a line into the water and a reel portion about which the line is wound. Along the elongated pole portion are three cylindrical trunnions supportable in a...     

A fishing rig is disclosed, comprising a flat circular base member sized to cover a hole formed through an ice layer. A frame member is secured to the base member and a reel having a central spool portion disposed between opposing end points is mounted on the frame member for rotation about a horizontal...     

A fish strike detector has an arm that is mounted to an electrical actuator switch. A fishing line is looped over the arm. A slight increase in the force in the line is sufficient to displace the arm and thereby actuate the switch to close an electrical circuit. The circuit includes visual and audio...     

A fishing line signal device consisting of an elongated base plate having a reel mounted thereon and spaced from said reel is a cam faced pulley having a fish line wound thereabout and dropped therefrom into the water, a spring rod mast having a flag on the end thereof is retained in a bent over position...     

A light signalling fishing accessory device includes a casing containing one or more electrical batteries therein and an electrical lamp connected to the batteries by means of an interrupted electrical circuit. Completion of the circuit is accomplished by a pivoting arm which moves a contact into and...     

The present invention provides a tip-up system for ice fishing which incorporates a heated housing for preventing ice fishing hole freezer over, means for imparting motion to bait secured to a fish line carried by a fishing pole, and a signal-flag, tip-up arrangement carried by the fishing pole.

An ice fishing device including an upstanding tube and a base for support on an ice surface. A fishing bobber is floatably suspended within the tube upon an elevated column of water held by vacuum to facilitate visual observation of the bobber.

An improved fishing line strike indicator device includes a pair of biased clamping members to clamp the strike indicator device to the diameter of a fishing pole, a pivotable spring-biased signalling arm is set against restraint in a horizontal position, and is partially looped by a slightly restrained...     

An ice fishing tip-up having a fishing reel horizontally mounted on a base plate, an alert pole, and a retainer to hold the alert pole in a horizontal position adjacent the fishing reel. When a fish strikes the line, the reel rotates, and a trip member on the reel engages the alert pole, pushing it out...     

A method and apparatus for providing a visual bite indication comprise a weighted mass having an opening through which a fishing line is loosely threaded so that the weighted mass is suspended upon the line and causes the line to sag when the line is extended for fishing so that tension produced in the...     

Readily erectable, operationally reliable, and nestably transportable ice fishing tip-up apparatus includes three structurally interchangeable and uniquely apertured channel members alternatively designatable as alpha-member, beta-member, and gamma-member. The alpha-member and beta-member are adjustably...     

Ice fishing apparatus include a body portion, a supporting portion, a line storing portion, a connecting portion, a displaying portion and a triggering portion. The body portion includes an elongated vertically oriented housing section with a lower cap member having a central opening and at least one...     

A tubular staff flagged at an end, composed of a fluorescent polyvinyl plastic, placed on the distal end of a fishing rod tip for the purpose of signaling a fish strike and aiding in the identification of the fishing rod tip from the surrounding background especially under dusky light conditions.

The present invention provides an ice fishing rig comprising a rotatable reel, an electrical alarm device, a battery for operating the alarm device and a support stand for the reel, alarm device and battery. An electrical circuit is formed from the battery through the support stand and reel to the alarm...     

A bite indicator for use when fishing with a fishing rod. The indicator comprises a strain sensing element mounted to a support and electrically connected to an indicator. In one embodiment the support comprises a fishing rod support whereas in another embodiment it comprises the wall of the fishing...     

A fish detector for use with a rod and reel detects the movement of the line by deflection of a flexible member which engages the line near the reel and holds it outwardly from the rod. The flexible member is more flexible than the rod tip and may be coated with visibility enhancing material such as...     

A fishing bobber has a self-contained electrical circuit therein, to provide an audible noise that signals when a fish has pulled sufficiently hard on the line supported by the bobber. The line is supported on the bobber and contacts are closed to complete a circuit to a noise-making buzzer or the like...     

This invention relates to fishing floats and more particularly to a lightweight illuminated tip-up fishing float for use while fishing at night, which float contains no toxic mercury to contaminate the fishing waters should the float become lost and broken or broken during use, and which float features...     

A fishing apparatus for assisting an angler in the placement of a lure or bait in a lake or stream is disclosed. The apparatus provides parallel buoyant hulls having vertical planes depending downward therefrom with adjustable hydrofoils attached to the planes. The device further provides a release mechanism...     

A strike indicator for simple and direct mounting to a flexible fishing pole which is held in a mount at a predetermined angle after casting. The indicator has an elongated hollow elongated casing and a circuit board is supported lengthwise in the casing. A mercury switch is fixed at a predetermined...