Price, Heneveld, Cooper, DeWitt & Litton
Downrigger actuator
 Apparatus for automatically actuating a downrigger motor to reel in a downrigger line upon release of a fishing line or release of tension on the downrigger line includes a normally closed switch mounted on a fishing rod holder and engaged by the rod holder when the holder is in a set position. Upon movement of the rod holder from the set position to a strike position, the switch closes a circuit between a power source and downrigger motor. The motor is actuated to reel in the downrigger line. 
Big Jon, Inc.
A
A01K
inventional
John E.
Emory, Jr.