Patent ID: 6438892
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A baiting system for baiting a fishing hook with live bait, especially a live leech, comprising:a. a stiff funnel having a conical portion and a cylindrical portion, the conical portion having a large diameter end and a small diameter end, and the cylindrical portion being joined to the conical portion at the small diameter end of the conical portion; b. a stopper plug in the funnel at the location where the cylindrical portion joins the small diameter end of the conical portion; c. a cylindrical pliable plastic tubing having first and second open ends, the cylindrical portion of the funnel extending into the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing at the first open end of the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing, the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing having a. hole through the wall thereof at a location spaced from the second open end, and a narrow slit through the wall of the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing leading from the hole to the extremity of the second open end; and, d. a clip for pinching together and closing the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing at the second open end to confine live bait within the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing when introduced into the cylindrical pliable plastic tubing from the funnel.