Patent ID: 9095130
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An ice fishing signaling device, comprising: a base member carrying a fishing line; a fish bite indicator supported by said base member in controlled relation to said fishing line, said bite indicator including a tension adjustment member for setting a threshold tension level required on said fishing line to actuate said bite indicator; a hooked fish indicator supported by said base member in controlled relation to said fishing line, said hooked fish indicator including a visually perceptible and movable resistance member for signaling relative levels of sustained tension on said fishing line which are greater than said threshold tension level, said hooked fish indicator including a tubular member within which said movable resistance member is telescopically received, said movable resistance member being comprised of an inflexible rod that is pulled out of said tubular member upon actuation of said bite indicator so as to become increasingly more visible with increasing tension on said fishing line; and said resistance member being disposed and visually perceptible above water level in a fishing hole during use, and increasingly resistant to movement in response to an increase in tension on said fishing line, thereby providing a visual indication of a relative size or strength of a hooked fish.