Patent ID: 11406094

Abstract:
A method of ice fishing includes providing an ice fishing pole having a handle having a first side and an opposing second side, a rod portion extending from the handle wherein the ice fishing pole has a longitudinal axis extending through the handle and the rod portion. The ice fishing pole includes a reel rotatably secured to the handle proximate the second side of the handle, the reel rotatable about a rotational axis and containing fishing line and a grip attached to the reel a distance from the rotational axis wherein the grip is configured to be gripped and manipulate the reel. The method includes placing at least one object on the ice having two spaced apart elevated surfaces and lowering a baited hook into the water through the ice by unwinding fishing line from the reel. The method includes placing the first side of the handle on one of the two spaced apart elevated surfaces and the rod portion on the other of the two spaced apart elevated surfaces, wherein as a fish takes line from the reel, the reel rolls and moves the grip in an arcuate path such that a moment force is placed on the handle which causes the ice fishing pole to roll about the longitudinal axis on the two spaced apart elevated surfaces such that the second side of the handle is contacting one of the two spaced apart elevated surfaces wherein the rotation of the handle from the first side to the second side causes a sound that alerts an angler that the fish is moving the bait.