Patent ID: 8627593

Claim:
A remote controlled fishing line bobber for use in combination with a fishing rod having a first section of fishing line retrievably connected thereto and a discrete and discontinuous second section of fishing line having a fishing hook attached thereto, which discontinuous first and second sections of fishing line are not unitarily interconnected to one another in one continuous piece, said bobber comprising: an elongate bobber shell floatable in a body of water and including an interior compartment; an elongate connecting rod mounted to said bobber shell and extending longitudinally through said compartment from a leading end to a trailing end of said bobber shell, said bobber shell having a pair of aligned orifices for receiving respective ends of said connecting rod and said connecting rod carrying a pair of attachment components disposed at respective ends of said connecting rod and exteriorly of said shell for respectively joining said connecting rod to respective the discrete and discontinuous segments first and second sections of fishing line; a battery powered propulsion device mounted in a lower half portion of said shell interior compartment, wherein said propulsion device includes a jet drive unit removably and replaceably received in a jet drive receptacle formed longitudinally through said shell in said lower half portion; and means mounted in said compartment for receiving wireless propulsion signals from a remote control unit and directing said propulsion device to drive said bobber through the water in accordance with the transmitted signals, said bobber including a center of mass located in said compartment below said connecting rod such that when said bobber is floated in a body of water, said bobber is self-righting and said connecting rod assumes a substantially horizontal orientation; said connection rod relieving tensile force exerted along said first and second sections of fishing line from said bobber shell.