Fishing pole holder

A fishing pole holder mounted in an aperture in a wall of a bucket and being selectively movable to a pole down attitude by a fish biting on a bait connected to the fishing pole holder through a line and a fishing pole mounted in the fishing pole holder comprising:

• an elongated beam, a pole handle receptacle connected to the beam for receiving a handle of a fishing pole, a pole support connected to the beam and spaced from the pole handle receptacle, said pole support adapted to receive a portion of a fishing pole mounted in the pole handle receptacle, an elongated shaft fixed to the beam between the pole handle receptacle and the pole support, a bucket having a wall with a aperture in the wall, said shaft being pivotly positioned in the aperture in the wall to allow the beam to pivot relative to the wall, a stop mounted on the shaft adjacent to one side of the wall, a second stop mounted on the shaft adjacent to the other side of the wall, and a resilient compressive member positioned adjacent to one side of the wall between the wall and one of said stops, whereby the resilient compressive member is placed into a selected compressed state relative to the wall by positioning one stop relative to the other stop to determine the amount of force required to rotate the shaft relative to the wall to move the beam and a fishing pole connected to the beam to a pole down attitude.