Patent ID: 8453371

Claim:
A powered jigging device for fishing comprising: a base section secured to an upright support section; a pole holder assembly pivotally attached to the upright support section, the pole holder assembly including a plate portion parallel to the upright support section and pivotally attached at a pivot point thereto, and a pole attachment portion secured to the plate portion above the pivot point thereof, the pole attachment portion adapted for supporting a fishing pole in alignment with the plate portion of the pole holder assembly, the pole attachment portion having a hollow area with a longitudinal axis located above the plate portion; a motor member rigidly secured to the upright support section with a rotor member operatively attached to the motor member for rotation thereof, the rotor member positioned below the pivot point of the plate portion; and a multipivot point linkage pivotally secured at one end thereof to the rotor member and pivotally secured at an opposite end thereof to the plate portion of the pole holder assembly at an attachment point adjacent the pivot point thereof, the multipivot point linkage and plate portion of the pole holder assembly positioned and moving in a common plate; whereby rotation of the rotor member by the motor member causes pivoting movement of the pole holder assembly through the multipivot point linkage there between.