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.