Patent ID: 7183931

Claim:
A wireless system for notifying a fisherman of a strike on a fishing line, said system comprising: a housing defining a cavity therein and being removably mountable to a fishing rod distally of an associated rod reel, said housing having a centrally disposed longitudinal axis extending parallel to the rod and projecting upwardly therefrom along a substantially rectilinear plane; means for notifying the fisherman that a fish has pulled on the line, said notifying means comprising a transmitting section operably supported by said housing, a transportable receiving section for communicating with said transmitting section during operating conditions and positionable on a selected portion of the fisherman's body, wherein said transmitting section generates and sends a real-time RF signal to said receiving section for alerting the fisherman; and a bracket comprising an upper section integral with said housing and extending downwardly therefrom, and a lower section engageable about said rod at a fixed spatial distance from said upper section, said bracket further comprising a plurality of fastening members threadably engageable with said upper and lower sections for maintaining said housing at a substantially stable position above said rod; wherein said upper section has a longitudinal axis extending substantially orthogonal to the rod and further has oppositely spaced flange portions situated along a horizontal plane, said lower section having a plurality of corresponding flange portions aligned subjacent said first section flange portions and traversing said rod while maintaining a substantially equidistant spatial relationship with said upper section, each said upper and lower sections being provided with respective arcuate depressions for receiving said rod therealong.