Patent ID: 7143541

Claim:
An apparatus for releasably securing an intermediate location of a baited fishing line to a fixed underwater location in combination with a weighted line, said apparatus comprising: an interiorly hollow sleeve having first and second ends; a slide axially and frictionally engageable within a selected and open end of said sleeve, the intermediate location of the fishing line being pinchingly engageable between said slide and said sleeve interior; a further selected end of said sleeve engaging said fixed underwater location which is located along said weighted line; said weighted line for engaging said sleeve through an opening associated with said further selected end; a collar through which extends the weighted line, a projecting portion associated with said collar engaging through said opening in said further selected end of said sleeve; an aperture being formed through said sleeve proximate said further selected end, a tie zip fastener looping through said aperture and around said collar; an elongated and tapered pin engageable through an open center associated with said collar and in order to affix said apparatus at said fixed underwater location along said weighted line; and wherein upon a fish striking a baited and trailing end of the fishing line, a substantially linear applied force causing said slide to linearly eject from within said sleeve, releasing the fishing line therefrom.