A powered jigging device has a support frame, and a rod carrier thatpivots in a first working plane while holding a fishing rod. A motor carrieris movablycoupled to the support frame in a manner allowing constrained motion of themotorcarrier in a parallel second working plane. A motor on the motor carrierdrives aneccentric about a rotational axis of the motor. The eccentric is engaged witha matingfeature the rod carrier at a position radially spaced from the pivot axis suchthat saiddriven revolution of the eccentric normally pivots the rod carrier upward anddownwardabout said pivot axis, while the available constrained motion between themotor carrierand the support frame accommodates freewheeling operation of the motor when acaught fish pulls a front end of the rod carrier into a lowered position viatension in thefishing line.
