Patent ID: 7109870

Claim:
A fishing accessory comprising: an alerting mechanism for alerting a fisherman when a fishing line connected to the fishing accessory is being tugged on by a fish; the fishing accessory including a housing having a fishing rod attachment mechanism securable to a fishing rod and an electrically powered alerting mechanism that includes: a front illumination source, an audible noise generating mechanism, an operating mode select switch, and an alerting mechanism activation switch having a hook attached thereto that extends from the housing and which activates the alerting mechanism when moved from a preset position; the operating mode select switch providing an input device to allow a user to select a desired operating mode from a list including an alerting mechanism off mode; a front illumination source activation mode wherein only the front illumination source is activated when the alerting mechanism activation switch is moved from the preset position; an audible noise generating activation mode wherein the audible noise generating mechanism is only activated when the alerting mechanism activation switch is moved from the preset position; a dual alerting mode wherein the audible noise generating mechanism and the front illumination source are activated when the alerting mechanism activation switch is moved from the preset position.