Patent ID: 7266923

Claim:
An apparatus for use in fishing with a fishing line comprising: a fishing line having a hook at a lower end; a container which is closed to define a hollow interior for containing a liquid; the container having a top hole and a bottom hole through which the fishing line passes so that a portion of the fishing line is located within the container; the container being closed apart from the top hole and the bottom hole and containing a liquid such that the fishing line passes through the liquid in the container when pulled; the container including a top cap portion and a bottom portion fastened to the cap portion such that the container can be opened by separating the top cap and bottom portions for inserting the liquid; the top cap portion including the top hole and a sleeve extending downwardly from the top hole into the hollow interior of the container such that an area within the top cap portion around the sleeve contains air for buoyancy which is prevented from escaping through the top hole by the sleeve, the sleeve being spaced interiorly from an inner surface the bottom portion such that no portion of the sleeve contacts the inner surface of the bottom portion when the bottom portion is fastened to the top cap portion; the sleeve terminating at a lower end of the sleeve within the hollow interior such that the hollow interior of the container below the lower end of the sleeve includes the liquid with the fishing line extending from the lower end of the sleeve through the liquid and through the bottom hole; the liquid within the container having a freezing point below that of water such that the liquid is non-freezing during ice fishing conditions such that the fishing line can pass through the liquid, with the liquid preventing the line from freezing into the ice.