Patent ID: 6681516
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishing device comprising:a vertical metal stake having a top portion, a bottom portion, and an intermediate portion; a mounting plate fixedly attached to the top portion of the vertical metal stake at a generally perpendicular angle, the mounting plate having a first hole close to a left end of the mounting plate and a second hole close to a right end of the mounting plate; a tubular rod holder pivotally attached to the mounting plate at the first hole of the mounting plate, the tubular rod holder having a first hole close to a bottom end of the tubular rod holder and a second hole close to a top end of the tubular rod holder, the second hole of the tubular rod holder having attached therein a hook; an extendable spring having a first end attached to the intermediate portion of the vertical metal stake and a second end attached to the tubular rod holder via the first hole of the tubular rod holder, the extendable spring allowing a move of the tubular rod holder with a handle of a fishing rod inserted therein from a vertical position, substantially perpendicular to the mounting plate, into a horizontal position, substantially perpendicular to the vertical metal stake; a safety bracket made of a steel strip bent into an arch having a front end and a rear end, the safety bracket being pivotally attached to the top portion of the vertical metal stake at a bottom portion of the front end; and a latch-trigger having a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion having a cut-out and being pivotally attached to the mounting plate at the second hole of the mounting plate and the top portion having a groove; wherein the safety bracket is to be temporarily placed over the tubular rod holder once the tubular rod holder is moved into the horizontal position and to be released after the latch-trigger is fastened to the hook of the tubular rod holder with the cut-out in the latch-trigger; and wherein the latch-trigger is released in response to a jerk of a fishing line entered into the groove of the latch-trigger.