Abstract: A wind resistant ice fishing device has a post provided at one end with a reel and with a signal arm pivoted to the other end. The post is pivotally connected to a support to enable it to be collapsed or erected for use with the support straddling a hole through the ice and the reel carrying end of the post in the hole and the other end vertical. A latch attached to the same side as the signal arm of the post is positionable to entrap the signal arm in a depending position in alignment with the post until released by the turning of the reel in response to a pull on the line indicates a fish has taken the bait. The signal arm is then erected by a spring attached to said side and connected to the signal arm by a line trained about the pivoted end of the arm. As the signal arm, the arm erecting spring and the latch are all on the same side of the post, the device may be so positioned that those components are effectively shielded from the wind.