Fishing marker float with hand reel

Abstract

A fishing marker float with hand reel for easy reeling and/or winding of string and weight back onto the marker float. One aspect of the inventive device includes a main floating assembly with a shaft for installation of a float end, string and weight and hand reel crank. The main float is a plastic structure that includes a float end and a two diameter shaft that as a one piece assembly is able to float. The sub float is a plastic structure that slides onto the small diameter shaft of the main float, is free to turn around the said small diameter shaft and is able to float. The weight is a lead or other bendable non corrosive yet of decent mass that attaches to the large diameter shaft of the main float using a 60 foot piece of nylon string. The reel crank is a handle that attaches to the end of the small diameter shaft of the main float so the sub float can be held with one hand while winding the string around the large diameter shaft of the main float.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An apparatus for marking water positions, the apparatus comprising: 
 a central shaft having a first end and a second end;    a first water tight float that is coaxially affixed to the first end of the central shaft;    a second water tight float including a passage through a central portion of the float and that is coaxially and rotatably mounted onto the second end of the central shaft, wherein the central shaft can be freely rotated within the passage.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the central shaft defines a surface near the second end of the central shaft, the surface operating to prevent the second water tight float from sliding towards the first end of the central shaft.  
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the surface is a ringed circumference around the central shaft, the ringed circumference having a diameter greater than the diameter of the central shaft.  
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the surface is a transition from a first diameter to a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter and the second end having the second diameter.  
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of the second end of the central shaft, the reel being operative to turn the central shaft when the reel is turned.  
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first water tight float includes weighting on one side of the water tight float so as to restrict rotation of float when the float is resting in water.  
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of the first end of the central shaft, the reel being operative to turn the central shaft when the reel is turned.  
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of either the first end or the second end of the central shaft and a first end of a string is fixedly attached to the central shaft, and the second end of the string is attached to a weight.  
     
     
         9 . An apparatus for marking water positions, the apparatus comprising: 
 a central shaft having a first end, a second end and a protrusion located proximate to the second end, the protrusion extending from the surface of the central shaft;    a float including a passage through a central portion of the float and that is coaxially and rotatably mounted onto the second end of the central shaft, wherein the central shaft can be freely rotated within the passage;    a string with a first end attached to the central shaft and a second end attached to a weight; and    a crank reel this is fixedly attached to one end of the central shaft so that when a user holds the float and turns the crank reel, the central shaft rotates within the passage of the float and thereby wind the string onto the central shaft.    
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the central shaft includes a second float that is fixedly attached to the first end of the central shaft, the second float being weighted on one side.  
     
     
         11 . An apparatus for marking water positions, the apparatus comprising: 
 a central shaft having a first end and a second end and a stop;    a first water tight float that is coaxially affixed to the first end of the central shaft;    a second water tight float including a passage through a central portion of the float and that is coaxially and rotatably mounted onto the second end of the central shaft but is prevented from sliding towards the first end of the central shaft by the stop, wherein the central shaft can be freely rotated within the passage.    
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the stop is a ringed circumference around the central shaft, the ringed circumference having a diameter greater than the diameter of the central shaft.  
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the stop is a transition from a first diameter to a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter and the second end having the second diameter.  
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the stop is a protrusion from the surface of the central shaft, the protrusion causing the diameter of the central shaft at that location to be greater than the diameter of the passage of the second float.  
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of the second end of the central shaft, the reel being operative to turn the central shaft when the reel is turned.  
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the first water tight float includes weighting on one side of the water tight float so as to restrict rotation of float when the float is resting in water.  
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of the first end of the central shaft, the reel being operative to turn the central shaft when the reel is turned.  
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein a crank reel is mounted to the end portion of either the first end or the second end of the central shaft and a first end of a string is fixedly attached to the central shaft, and the second end of the string is attached to a weight.  
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein when the string is fully wound onto the central shaft and the apparatus is placed into the water, the weight attached to the second end of the string will sink in the water causing the apparatus to rotate on the surface of the water as the string unwinds.  
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein a user can grasp the second float and turn the crank reel thereby causing the string to rewind onto the central shaft.