Patent ID: 8590204

Claim:
A fishing rod, comprising: a lower brace having a forward end and a rearward end; an upper tubular member disposed above and spaced apart from the lower brace, the upper tubular member having a forward end and a rearward end; a forward plate connecting the forward ends of the lower brace and the upper tubular member to one another, the forward plate having a passage therethrough concentric with the upper tubular member, the passage having an inner wall; a rearward plate connecting the rearward ends of the lower brace and the upper tubular member to one another, the lower brace, the upper tubular member, the forward plate, and the rearward plate defining a reel installation area therein; a handle extending from the rearward plate; a rod extending from the forward plate, the rod having a longitudinal axis; a reel disposed within the reel installation area; a fishing line extending from the reel and along the rod, the fishing line having a distal end; fishing tackle attached to the distal end of the fishing line; a selectively compressible spring disposed concentrically within the upper tubular member, the spring having a rearward end abutting the rearward plate and a forward end opposite the rearward end; a disc disposed across the forward end of the spring, the disc having a plurality of elastic band anchors disposed thereon; a plurality of selectively extensible elastic bands extending from the disc to the inner wall of the passage of the forward plate; a projectile removably disposed forward of the disc; and a connecting line extending from the projectile to the fishing tackle at the distal end of the fishing line; wherein releasing the compressed spring and the extended elastic bands casts the projectile through the passage of the forward plate, the connecting line drawing the fishing line from the reel.