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A bait container, particularly useful with crustacean (lobster or crab) traps is formed with an apertured side wall in which the apertures comprise at least 35% of the surface area of the side wall. The apertures for any container are usually uniform in size and the range of aperture size is from ab

A bait container, particularly useful with crustacean (lobster or crab) traps is formed with an apertured side wall in which the apertures comprise at least 35% of the surface area of the side wall. The apertures for any container are usually uniform in size and the range of aperture size is from about 250 to about 1000 microns. The size and distribution of the apertures prolongs bait life due to the controlled release of bait from the container and the added protection against unwanted predators such as arthropods. Furthermore the bait container permits the use of emulsified or minced bait produced from previously undesirable material, such as discards and non-edible fish parts taken from the fish processing industry.

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A reusable container adapted for the controlled release of bait therefrom over an extended period of time during trap fishing, said container having apertured side walls, the apertures therethrough being in the size range of about 250 to about 1,000 microns and the apertures comprising about 45 perc

A reusable container adapted for the controlled release of bait therefrom over an extended period of time during trap fishing, said container having apertured side walls, the apertures therethrough being in the size range of about 250 to about 1,000 microns and the apertures comprising about 45 percent to 55 percent of the area of said side walls, said container being closed at one end and open at the other end for the filling thereof with bait; means for closing said open end when said container has been filled with bait, comprising an elongate closure member having a slot therein, said slot being open at one end and closed at the other, and being defined by two parallel arms, said arms clampingly receiving the side walls of said container; and means for holding said filled container relatively unmoveably within a crustacean fishing trap comprising a bore extending through said parallel arms of said closure member and alignable with openings in the side wall of said container to define a passage adapted to receive an upright member of a bait spindle.