A flasher including at least one rib elevated above the surface of the middle plate portion of the flasher is provided. The rib(s) may exaggerate the movement of the flasher when pulled through water, when compared to an otherwise identical flasher without the rib(s).

A bait mover fishing bobber having a battery, control circuit board, memory, a processor, a communication device, and a motor. The motor connects to coupling that extends through the wall of the lower housing. An armature which is located outside of the bobber connects to the opposing end of the coupling and to an opening on the antipodal side of the lower housing from the motor. The control circuit board is programmed to cause variations to the movement and interval of moments of the armature. The control circuit board contains components that allow the armature to be controlled from programs stored in its memory or by using an application on a mobile device. The armature is caused to move such that it engages with fishing line such that any bait on the end of the fishing line will that will move both vertically and horizontally.

An ice fishing bite indicator alert device for use with a reel having wound fishing line with the device including a housing to be mounted proximate the fishing reel and a movement indicator actuator located on the reel in a position spaced from an axis of rotation of the reel. The housing supports an electrically connected circuit that includes a trigger switch, at least one light source, at least one power source, and an on/off switch, with the trigger switch located within a path of movement of the movement indicator actuator. The electrically connected circuit has an inactivated state and an activated state which are associated with the location of the movement indicator actuator relative to the trigger switch and which control whether the trigger switch enables the power source to provide power to the light. The device also may include a sound source to provide an audible alert.

A powered jigging device has a support frame, and a rod carrier that pivots in a first working plane while holding a fishing rod. A motor carrier is movably coupled to the support frame in a manner allowing constrained motion of the motor carrier in a parallel second working plane. A motor on the motor carrier drives an eccentric about a rotational axis of the motor. The eccentric is engaged with a mating feature the rod carrier at a position radially spaced from the pivot axis such that said driven revolution of the eccentric normally pivots the rod carrier upward and downward about said pivot axis, while the available constrained motion between the motor carrier and the support frame accommodates freewheeling operation of the motor when a caught fish pulls a front end of the rod carrier into a lowered position via tension in the fishing line.

A fishing system includes a submersible fishing implement for being received in a body of water and configured for capturing one or more fish. An implement driver is configured to drive movement of the submersible fishing implement through the body of water. A data collection system includes one or more sensors for sensing one or more fishing parameters and transmitting a fishing parameter signal representative of the one or more fishing parameters. A controller is operatively connected to the data collection system to receive the fishing parameter signal and to determine based on the fishing parameter signal a selected fishing location. The controller is further configured to transmit a navigation signal to the implement driver operative to control the implement driver to drive movement of the submersible fishing implement toward the selected fishing location.

A repositionable removable fishing hook trailer device for use on a fishing hook includes a body, wherein the body includes a resilient elastomeric bead. The device further includes a plurality of tendrils having a portion received in a first passage through the body and at least one portion extending outward from the body, and the body is further configured to receive a portion of a fishing hook within a second passage through the body.

In embodiments of a system for attracting and catching fish, a motor that's operationally coupled to a fishing reel is operated according to a predetermined motion profile in order to impart detailed and lifelike motion to a bait.

A bait mover fishing bobber having a battery, control circuit board, memory, a processor, a communication device, and a motor. The motor connects to coupling that extends through the wall of the lower housing. An armature which is located outside of the bobber connects to the opposing end of the coupling and to an opening on the antipodal side of the lower housing from the motor. The control circuit board is programmed to cause variations to the movement and interval of moments of the armature. The control circuit board contains components that allow the armature to be controlled from programs stored in its memory or by using an application on a mobile device. The armature is caused to move such that it engages with fishing line such that any bait on the end of the fishing line will that will move both vertically and horizontally.

An electronic jigging device is used with a fishing rod, reel, line and lure, which device is user-programmable to provide a wide range of electronically-generated jigging functionality and to electronically detect the optimum moment to signal electronic release of the fishing rod so as to set a hook that is used within or near the lure. The device, system and method of the present invention allows for user-programmable specific jigging and hook-setting options.

The present invention generally relates to a mechanical assembly which induces a back-and-forth motion to a fishing lure or bait. Where past such devices primarily accomplished this action by oscillating a fishing rod, the present invention simply oscillates the fishing line. In the few instances where prior art oscillated the fishing line, the designs required the vessel to be altered to accept the mounting of the design. The present invention demonstrates how a standard cylindrical rod holder found on most fishing vessels can be used to provide a secure mount for the invention. The present invention discloses an equipment base which supports a motor and electrical switch and which may be rotated to avoid obstructions while, along with a wand, positioned to obtain optimum performance. Lastly, the present invention presents a unique method for adjusting the output pulling force to match the requirements of the lure or bait being pulled.