Patent ID: 6082688
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A down rigger adapter comprising the combination of(1) a selective fishing pole holder mount having a first bolt hole pattern of vertical holes for mounting on a boat gunnel and a fishing pole holder mount pole hole adapted to removably receive a pole securely therein,(2) a gunnel down rigger mount attachable to a boat gunnel having a second bolt hole pattern different from the first bolt hole pattern and includinga releasable mounting means on the gunnel down rigger mount for releasably securing a down rigger in the gunnel down rigger mount, and(3) an adaptor plate independent and separable from both the fishing pole holder and the gunnel down rigger mount and adapted to receive removably mounted thereto a fishing pole holder mount and further adapted to fit releasably in the gunnel down rigger mount, the adapter plate having a third bolt hole pattern having a plurality of vertical holes matching and aligned with the first bolt hole pattern to which the pole holder mount can be removably attached by bolts passing through said aligned holes of the first and second bolt hole patterns such that the pole holder mount which has its vertical holes in said first bolt hole pattern not in alignment with vertical holes of the down rigger mount in said second hole pattern can thereby be secured in the down rigger mount.