Abstract: A fishing rod tender for mounting a fishing rod on a vertically moveable object, such as a boat, including mechanism for maintaining the rod tip end at a substantially constant distance from a water bed as the rod support member moves vertically.

Abstract: Apparatus for mounting a live fish bucket alongside a fishing boat for movement in a generally vertical plane alongside the boat from a lowered position in which a fish bucket mounted thereon is submerged in water and a stowed, out-of-the-water position adjacent the gunwale. A mounting block is mounted on the gunwale for swingably mounting an elongate frame bar which mounts a live fish bucket and includes a latch for detachably locking the swingable frame bar in the stowed position. The swingable frame bar is of such construction as to keep the bucket from striking the side wall of the boat as the bucket swings between the lowered and stowed positions.