Alexandria man receives patent to revolutionize ice fishing

Alexandria man receives patent to revolutionize ice fishing

Source: echopress

1/7/2023

Credit: Thalen Zimmerman / Alexandria Echo Press

After years of appealing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), one Alexandria man is finally on his way to market his invention that he says is a first in the history of ice fishing.

It all started in February of 2016 when Jim Dresch was out fishing with his buddy, Roger Van Surksum, when the all-too-common problem of losing a fish off the line plagued their time on the frozen lake.

"All of sudden (Van Surksum's) chair goes flying, he's down on the ground and his fish is gone," Dresch recalled.