Patent ID: 8464461

Claim:
A method of indicating when a fish bites, said method comprising the steps of: providing a strike indicator for a fishing rod for indicating a fish bite while fishing, said strike indicator comprising: a power source; a printed circuit board; an accelerometer integrated circuit mounted on said printed circuit board; and a microcontroller mounted on said printed circuit board; detecting directly on said fishing rod a change in spatial orientation and/or position over a period of time using said strike indicator, beginning an algorithm with said strike indicator to determine whether said change in spatial orientation and/or position is due to said fish bite, where said algorithm filters out false positives, where said algorithm comprises the steps of: 1) taking samples of acceleration data; 2) adding said samples of acceleration data to a buffer; and 3) determining whether said samples of acceleration data indicate a change in spatial orientation and/or position that is non-decaying and/or periodic; and activating a detectable output signal if said algorithm determines said fish bite.