Trolling attachment for outboard engine

A trolling attachment for an outboard engine comprising in combination:

• first attachment means adapted to be detachably secured to an upper section of the housing of an outboard engine and having a first aperture therein dimensioned to slidably receive an elongated handle rod therein;
• second plate-like attachment means adapted to be detachably secured adjacent one end thereof to a lower section of the housing of an outboard engine so as to extend substantially horizontally beyond the location of the engine propeller, second aperture being provided in said plate-like attachment means adjacent the other end thereof dimensioned to slidably receive the handle rod therein;
• a trolling flap hingedly connected to the lower surface of said plate-like attachment means inwardly of said second aperture such that said flap is pivotable between a first horizontal position closely adjacent the lower surface of said plate-like attachment and a second vertical position spaced rearwardly of the engine propeller, means being provided on said flap for pivotably mounting the lower extremity of the handle rod;
• an elongated handle rod of sufficient length to extend through the apertures in said first and second attachment means, said handle rod having a locking notch formed in the lower region thereof cooperable with said plate-like attachment means for releasably locking said trolling flap in its vertically disposed position;
• and latch means carried by said first attachment means cooperable with said handle rod for releasably locking said handle rod in a selected vertical position.