Patent ID: 6729066
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Fishing apparatus comprising a container having a bottom and an upstanding side wall together forming an open top chamber for containing a quantity of water sufficient to accommodate live fish; a cover overlying said chamber and removably supported on said side wall; an air pump carried by said container; air distribution means extending from said pump into said container for discharging air into said chamber adjacent said bottom; a tubular live bait retainer having an upper end and an interior, said retainer being supported by and extending through said cover into said chamber, said retainer having openings therein through which water and air from said chamber may pass into the interior of said retainer; and diametrally opposed fishing rod rests carried by said container and extending upwardly beyond said cover, each of said rests having a fishing rod-accommodating notch therein, each of said rod rests having a flange in which said notch is formed and a clasp depending from said flange, said clasp comprising a pair of parallel arms spaced from one another a distance to accommodate therebetween a portion of the side wall of said container.