Patent ID: 7418798

Claim:
A fishing pole support apparatus for supporting a fishing pole in soil at an elevated angle comprising, an integral one-piece length of solid steel rod, said rod having a diameter between 0.250 inches and 0.500 inches and being formed in a substantial vertical configuration, said rod forming a top portion, a bottom portion and an intermediate portion between said top and bottom portions, said top portion of said rod forming a V-shaped cradle adapted to hold a shaft portion of said fishing rod, said cradle directly connected to a support arm extending downwardly from said cradle to said intermediate portion of said steel rod, said support arm being approximately 8 inches in length and directly connected to a plurality of helical coils extending downwardly from the support arm, said support arm extending at an angle between 60 and 80 degrees from the coils, said coils adapted to hold a handle portion of said fishing rod, said coils directly connected to a bottom of a substrate portion in said intermediate portion of said rod, said substrate extending upwardly from a lowermost portion of said coils to a position medial to the vertical length of the coils, a top of said substrate directly connected to the medial portion of said coils via a weld, at the weld said rod forms a sharp curved portion forming an angle of approximately 140 degrees, said curved portion directly connecting the top of said substrate with a top portion of a distal rod portion, said distal rod portion forming said bottom portion of said rod and said distal rod portion disposed in a substantial vertical configuration with respect to said soil and said distal rod portion adapted to be placed into said soil portion to support said support apparatus and said fishing pole above said soil portion.