Patent ID: 6671994
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing bobber with a strike-indicating transmitter, comprising:a bobber body adapted to float on a body of water and being adapted to have a fishing line connected thereto during use, a signal transmitter connected to the bobber, a transmitter switch operatively connected to the transmitter to actuate the transmitter for transmitting a signal responsive to a fish pulling on the line to thereby operate the signal transmitter to alert a fisherman when a fish exerts tension on a fishing line connected to the bobber, said switch comprising first and second electrically conductive probes at least one of which is spaced above the body of water in which the bobber is placed during use until the bobber is submerged whereupon an electrical circuit completed between the probes energizes the signal transmitter, said first probe is elongated, said first probe extends from the bobber body, said first probe is moveable with respect to the bobber body in a telescopic manner or in the direction of the second probe, such that the movement of the first probe changes the sensitivity of the bobber.