Support apparatus for use in a fishing boat

Apparatus comprising:

• a substantially planar plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a first end, and a second end;
• a sleeve connected to said plate top surface adjacent said second end thereof and extending upwardly from said top surface;
• a shaft connected to said bottom surface of said plate roughly intermediate said first and second ends of said plate, and extending downwardly from said bottom surface;
• and
• a non-skid material connected to said plate bottom surface beneath said sleeve.

A fishing boat seat and trolling motor control pedal support structure mounted in a fishing boat having a boat deck, trolling motor control pedal, and a trolling motor, comprising:

• a support structure having a top surface and a bottom surface, and first and second ends spaced from each other;
• means for mounting said support structure to said boat deck for rotation about a first substantially vertical axis, said mounting means extending outwardly from said bottom surface of said support structure between said first and second ends thereof into or through said boat deck;
• means for mounting said trolling motor control pedal adjacent said first end of said support structure on said top surface of said support structure;
• a seat structure including a pedestal or post;
• means for mounting said seat structure pedestal or post adjacent said second end of said support structure on said top surface of said support structure extending so that said seat structure is mounted above said boat deck, and so that said seat structure is rotatable about a second substantially vertical axis, spaced from said first axis, with respect to said support structure;
• and
• support structure movement-retarding means mounted on said bottom surface of said support structure adjacent said second end thereof, and below said seat structure mounting means to resist movement of said support structure to a position to which it has been moved if said movement-retarding means engages said boat deck beneath it.