Patent ID: 7434348

Claim:
A fishing rod strike alert for retaining a fishing rod during use and alerting the user of activity on the line comprising: a) a substantially flat anchor member tapering to a point at a bottom portion thereof and including a base plate with a pair of recesses extending perpendicularly from a top portion; b) a rod holder bracket in liner alignment with said anchor member supporting a fishing rod holder and having a pivot plate extending perpendicularly from a bottom of said rod holder bracket for a length of said base plate with a contact member mounting plate extending angularly downward from a distal end thereof, said pivot plate further including a pair of recesses in alignment with said recesses of said base plate, said pivot plate being pivotal about said distal end of said pivot plate, said fishing rod holder attached to said rod holder bracket directly above said pivot plate; c) a first electrical contact mounted on said flat anchor member under said base plate between said recesses; d) an adjustment screw threaded through said contact mounting plate having a second electrical contact on a distal end thereof spaced from said first electrical contact whereby when said rod holder bracket pivots said contacts come into contact each other after a pre-determined distance of travel of said second electrical contact; e) an alarm system for activating an alarm when said first and second contacts come into contact with each other, an adjustment by a user of said adjustment screw changing the distance said second contact must travel and said rod holder must pivot to set off said alarm; and f) a bolt extending through each said pair of mating recesses on said pivot plate and said base plate having a head above said pivot plate and a nut on said bolt below said base plate, a tension spring disposed on each said bolt between said base plate and said nut, whereby a bias required to pivot said rod holder on said anchor member is adjusted by tightening said nuts to compress said springs to require a greater bias and loosening said nuts to require a lesser bias whereby ad user can adjust both to set how much bias needs to be applied to said rod holder for said rod holder to move and the adjustment screw for the distance said rod holder must move to actuate said alarm.