Abstract: A fishing rod having a handle section, a tip and a counter-balance assembly is provided. The tip is attached to one end of the handle section and the counter-balance assembly is coupled to the other end of the handle section. The torque applied to the handle section of the fishing rod by the tip of the rod is offset by a an equal and opposite torque applied to the handle section by the counter-balance assembly, consequently locating the balance point of the fishing rod in the handle section of the fishing rod.

Abstract: An illuminated bobber including a hollow sealed body member and a hollow transparent guide mounted on the body member, a light device positioned in the guide to illuminate the guide and a hollow transparent float mounted on the guide for movement between the body member and the upper end of the guide to provide a color signal different from the colored signal of the guide when the body member is pulled downward in the water in response to the strike of a fish.

Abstract: An electric trolling motor mounting device having improved shock-absorbing capabilities. The device includes a substantially vertical bearing surface and a tube-securing element for holding the vertical tube structure which supports the motor under water, such tube-securing element being attached to the bearing surface by a two-dimensional array of horizontal compressible shock absorbers having springs held in compression between the bearing plate and the tube-securing element. A two-by-two array of four shock absorbers using coil springs is preferred. Bolts extending concentrically through the springs and each having one slideable and one fixed connection are the preferred structure, as are recesses receiving the ends of the coils.