Combination fishing creel and seat

Claim 1

A portable fishing seat combination comprising an upright cylindrical bucket having a removable padded lid which includes a flat positioning disk located on its underside and which rests upon the mouth of the bucket, a cabinet affixed externally to said bucket at a location below said lid and extending laterally therefrom and having side walls and a flat upper surface with a screw cap mounting thereon for supporting a fishing pole thereon, and said side walls extend downwardly from said flat upper surface on opposite sides of said bucket to the level of the bottom of said bucket, and said cabinet encloses a pair of diametrically opposed laterally reciprocal tackle drawers mounted in said cabinet and externally of said upright bucket, and the inner ends of said drawers are configured to the contour of the sides of said bucket and seat snugly thereagainst, a carrying handle fastened to the sides of said bucket between said padded lid and said cabinet, a towel bar mounted horizontally on one of said side walls of said cabinet and a fishing pole rack mounted on the same side wall of said cabinet below said towel bar for carrying a fishing pole horizontally, a pole support having means for holding a fishing rod in inclined disposition affixed atop said flat upper surface and is removably engageable in said screw cap mounting on said flat upper cabinet surface, said pole support having means for slidingly adjusting the degree of inclination of said fishing pole, and a creel removably positionable in said bucket with said padded lid in position on said bucket, said creel having a solid, cylindrical concave bottom pan portion and open wire mesh walls extending upwardly from said pan and includes a closable lid, whereby said bottom pan retains a minimum water level in said creel and said wire mesh walls and said closeable creel lid provide a restraining enclosure for solid objects in said creel while allowing water to flow out of said creel down to said minimum water level of said concave bottom pan.