Patent ID: 7520087

Claim:
A fishing device in combination with a fishing line comprising: a plane having a forward end and a rearward end; guide means on the plane for guiding the fishing line, one end of the fishing line extending to a baiting lure and an other end of the fishing line being reelable for trolling; a first releasable tripping means on the plane having a first force adjusting screw and a latched condition clamping the plane to the fishing line such that upon trolling, the device dives downwardly at an angle to the fishing line, the first tripping means having a released condition unclamping the plane to slide along the fishing line in a trolling direction, the first tripping means including a first pivoted latch arm, the first latch arm having a front end and a rear end, a front upstanding tab on the forward end of the plane pivotally mounting the first latch arm and also guiding the fishing line rearwardly through the front upstanding tab, the front end of the first latch arm being attached at the front upstanding tab, the first latch arm having a first eyelet at the rear end of the first latch arm opposite the front tab, the fishing line extending through the first eyelet and then through the front tab; a second releasable tripping means connected to and engageable with the first releasable tripping means, the second tripping means having a second force adjusting screw, and a second pivoted latch arm pivotable about the first force adjusting screw, and provided with a second eyelet engageable with the fishing line in a latched condition, the second tripping means having a released condition responsive to a strike of a fish on the lure for causing engagement of the second latch arm with the first latch arm and providing free sliding passage of the fishing line through the guide means.