Abstract: 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 for movement in an angular path between a rest position and an operative position by the pulling action of a fish caught on the pole. The tubular member is limited in the amount of pivotal movement by means of the stop element and the system includes a spring, an alarm all of which indicates presence of a fish on the fishing pole.

Abstract: A base includes an offstanding bracing portion and includes a reel holder at one end with a short resilient rod engaged with the base near the reel to carry line from the reel. A trigger device at the other end normally holds the rod down under tension until a fish engages the baited end of the line. The fish pulling on the baited end of the line, releases the trigger device thus enabling the rod to snap upwardly and thus set the hook in the fish's mouth.

Abstract: 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 and tugs on the line, the lamp is lighted.

Abstract: A hook setting apparatus which supports a fishing rod and is triggered responsive to the fish jerking on the bait secured to the rod through a fishing line. The apparatus includes a support member disposed in the substantially upright position which pivotally carries on its end portion a second member which supports a rod holder. A spring assembly biases the second member in a predetermined pivotal direction for setting the hook in the fish's mouth. A trigger assembly which is mounted on the support member maintains a second member in a predetermined pivotal position by counteracting the forces applied to the second member by the tension spring assembly. The trigger assembly releases the second member responsive to a fish jerking on the fishing pole such that the tension spring assembly thereby sets the hook in the fish's mouth. The force required to trigger the device can be adjusted such that fishes of various sizes will activate the device.

Abstract: A device for use in fishing through the ice including means for paying out a line without such appreciable force being required as would scare off a fish which starts to nibble at the line and for suddenly bringing pay out to an abrupt halt so that continued nibbling will cause the line and the other equipment supported by a reel support rod extended through the ice to rotate transversely to that reel support rod to the point in its arc whereat the line and other supported equipment is suddenly jerked upwardly in a fish-snaring movement, allowing the catching of the fish on the line, the device including an actuating handle which also serves as a signal to be simultaneously raised upwardly into operative position.

Abstract: 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 actuates the solenoid. A calibration circuit permits adjustment of bias on the tube when the tube is in the cocked position.

Abstract: A hook setting attachment is adapted to be mounted on a fishing rod and includes a movable member mounted on a fixed elongated member adapted to be attached to the fishing rod. A line attaching device is adapted to connect releasably the fishing line of the fishing rod to the movable member. A main spring urges resiliently the members to an initial position, and a latching device fixes releasably the members in a set position against the force of the main spring. A retaining device holds releasably the latch in its latched position and subsequently permits the latch to restore to its initial position to free the movable member and thus cause it to snap back to its original position under the force of the spring, thereby jerking on the fishing line to set the hook in the mouth of a fish.

Abstract: A combination fishing equipment - signal device for use in fishing through the ice including means for paying out a line without such appreciable force being required as would scare off a fish which starts to nibble at the line and for suddenly bringing pay out to an abrupt halt so that continued nibbling will cause the line and the other equipment supported by a reel supporting rod extended through the ice to rotate transversely relative to that reel supporting rod to the point in its arc whereat the line and other supported equipment is suddenly jerked upwardly in a fish-snaring movement, allowing the catching of the fish on the line, and the signal to be simultaneously raised upwardly into operative position.

Abstract: An ice fishing apparatus including a main support member, a cross member disposed transversely of said support member and attached thereto, a trigger mounted on said support member near one end thereof, a fishing line-storing means disposed on said support member, an arm positioned between said trigger and said line-storing means pivotally connected to said support member with the pivot point of said arm adjacent the end thereof remote from said trigger, biasing means urging the free end of said arm away from said support member, and line-guiding means on said arm.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder has a pointed post capable of being pushed into the ground, and pivotable member pivotably mounted on the upper end of the post. This member is designed to hold and support the handle of a fishing rod. A spring is provided co-acting between the member and the post to cause the member, when not restrained, to raise the forward end of the fishing rod. Protruding horizontally from the post is a structure which slidably supports an elongated sear. Another spring is provided to urge the sear toward the post. Depending from the forward end of the pivotable member is a keeper having a hole at its lower end. The purpose of the hole is to be engaged by the sear when the sear is in an extended position. The first mentioned spring provides a friction force between the sear and its support structure which force is sufficient to prevent the second mentioned spring from urging or retracting the sear towards the post.

Abstract: A fishline jerking device includes an elongated casing having a first loop at one end and a longitudinally movable rod projecting from the other end of the casing. The rod is terminated with a second loop enabling a fishline to be serially double wrapped about the two loops. A spring about the rod urges the rod to move rearward to a position where a contact carried by the rod engages a contact carried by the casing to complete a circuit with a battery and lamp as a fish bite signal. The rod is normally retained in a forward position by a releasable spring loaded catch. In response to a side thrust exerted on the second loop by the line, the rod passes the catch and snaps rearward to jerk the line. A pointer carried by the rod cooperates with a slot in the casing and graduations along the slot to form a scale.

Abstract: A fishing pole mounting device, for fishing poles equipped with a handle, a reel adjacent the handle and having a fishing line wound thereon and threaded through eyelets for attachment to fishing lures, which device comprises a post adapted to be mounted in an upright position and having a one piece frame secured thereto which defines a forwardly projecting portion at its projecting end shaped to define a laterally extending bridge arm over which the pole when in use extends, a fishing rod handle receiving assembly defining a socket for slip-fit receiving therein the handle of the fishing pole to mount the pole in its operative position on the assembly, with the assembly being mounted for swinging the fishing pole between a first position extending over the bridge arm and a second position in which the pole is disposed upright, means to bias the handle receiving assembly for movement to its second position, and a hold down and release mechanism for holding the pole at the assembly first position, with the hol