Tip up downrigger assembly with safety configured and inboard positioned catch pin

摘要

A fishing downrigger assembly secured to the stern of a boat for use with a fishing rod and reel during trolling. A substantially planar shaped base has a top face with an upwardly extending superstructure, a spaced apart bottom face defining therebetween a predetermined thickness, a front end and a rear end. An arm pivotally secures to the base along an axis defined therebetween and so that a substantially elongated portion of the arm extends substantially upwardly and forwardly from the base. A reel is rotatably secured to the superstructure, a cable extending from the reel and which is guided along the arm before terminating in a suspended weight. The reel further includes at least one line release clip located at a selected distance from the weight and which is capable of being engaged by the fishing reel. A catch mechanism is established between the base and the pivoting arm and actuates in a direction substantially parallel and offset relative to the pivotal axis. The catch mechanism includes a spring pin substantially hidden from view of the user, except for a pull knob, and which fixedly engages an abutting and rotating surface of said arm upon being actuated from a first extended and outboard position in which said weight is positioned at a selected depth beneath the boat to a second and inboard position.