Fishing apparatus

Claim 1

FISHING APPARATUS COMPRISING A TUBULAR MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A FISHING ROD, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A LONGITUDINAL SLOT THEREIN, A PLUNGER SLIDABLE IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY THROUGH SAID SLOT, RESILIENT TENSION MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND URGING SAID PLUNGER ARM TOWARDS ONE END OF SAID SLOT AND TUBULAR MEMBER, RELEASABLE LATCH MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PLUNGER FOR HOLDING SAID PLUNGER WITH ITS ARM AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SLOT AGAINST THE TENSION OF SAID TENSION MEANS, A FISH LINE GRIP IN THE END OF SAID PLUNGER ARM, A SENSING DEVICE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER COMPRISING AN ARM HAVING ONE END PIVOTED ON THE DEVICE, ON AN AXIS TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PLUNGER ARM, SAID PIVOTED ARM AT ITS OTHER END HAVING A FRICTION GRIP FOR THE FISH LINE, RESILIENT MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID PIVOTED ARM TOWARD SAID PLUNGER ARM, ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS CLOSED BY OPPOSITE ROTATION OF SAID PIVOTED ARM, AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID LATCH MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID CONTACT MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID PLUNGER ON OPPOSITE ROTATION OF SAID PIVOTED ARM.