Patent ID: 6425200
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A two-stage fishing bobber comprising:a bobber main body having an upper end and a lower end, said bobber main body made from a buoyant lightweight material to enable said bobber main body to float in a body of water, said bobber main body having a cavity running through a vertical float axis of said bobber main body; a hollow free sliding tube having an upper end and a lower end, said hollow free sliding tube slideably extending through the cavity of said bobber main body, with said hollow tube allowing for movement of a fishing line therethrough; a compression spring having a first end and a second end, encircling the upper end of said hollow free sliding tube; a stop cap, connected to the upper end of said hollow free sliding tube, to keep said spring encircling said hollow free sliding tube; a free sliding washer located around said free sliding tube and supported by said bobber main body, said compression spring positioned between said stop cap and said free sliding washer so that a downward pull by a fish on the fishing line compresses said spring to displace said free sliding tube with respect to said bobber main body without submerging said upper end of said bobber main body; and a fixed stop connected to said lower end of said free sliding tube to prevent said tube from sliding through said bobber main body.