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A fish bait system includes a fish compartment and a filter compartment for maintaining bait fish in a healthy condition for prolonged periods prior to use. The fish bait system allows water to be pumped from the fish compartment through a filter having a standard non-woven reusable media whereby th

A fish bait system includes a fish compartment and a filter compartment for maintaining bait fish in a healthy condition for prolonged periods prior to use. The fish bait system allows water to be pumped from the fish compartment through a filter having a standard non-woven reusable media whereby the filtered water is returned through an air infuser to the fish compartment. The infuser is mounted on the wall separating the fish and filter compartments and saturates the filtered water with oxygen to insure the fish are provided with an adequate oxygen supply. The removable filter media can be easily extracted from the filter housing, rinsed or replaced and returned to the filter in a quick and efficient manner.

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We claim: 1. A fish bait system comprising: a tank, said tank defining a fish compartment and a filter compartment, a wall, said wall separating said fish compartment from said filter compartment, said wall defining a first aperture and a second aperture, a water filter housing, said water filter h

We claim: 1. A fish bait system comprising: a tank, said tank defining a fish compartment and a filter compartment, a wall, said wall separating said fish compartment from said filter compartment, said wall defining a first aperture and a second aperture, a water filter housing, said water filter housing vertically contained within said filter compartment, said water filter housing comprising a front, a back, and a bottom, said front joined to said back, said water filter housing defining a sediment chamber along said front and spaced from said back, said water filter housing in communication with said fish compartment through said first aperture, filter media located inside said water filter housing and extending in a vertical plane between said front and back, a hollow mounting stud having a first end portion extending into said water filter housing through and above said bottom and a second end portion which is in communication with said first aperture, said first end portion of said hollow mounting stud extending between said filter media and said front such that an entirety of said filter media is laterally spaced from said first end portion of said hollow mounting stud, a pump apparatus, said pump apparatus positioned in said second aperture, a means to infuse oxygen into water, said infusion means positioned in said fish compartment and in communication with said pump apparatus through said second aperture whereby said pump apparatus can direct filtered water infused with oxygen into said fish compartment. 2. The fish bait system of claim 1 wherein said infusion means comprises a body, said body defining an ingress, a channel, and an egress, said channel positioned between said ingress and said egress, said ingress contiguous said second aperture, said egress in communication with said fish compartment, a tube, said tube joined to said body and in communication with said channel, said tube for delivering oxygen to said channel. 3. The fish bait system of claim 2 wherein said channel comprises a tapered inlet section, a linear central section, and a flared outlet section, said central section positioned between and narrower than both said inlet and said outlet sections, said inlet section tapering to said central section, said outlet section flaring from said central section, said ingress contained in said inlet section, said egress contained in said outlet section, said body further defining a bore, said bore positioned between said tube and said central section whereby said tube can supply oxygen to said central section through said bore. 4. The fish bait system of claim 2 wherein said infusion means body further defines a plurality of bores, each of said bores positioned between said channel and said tube whereby said tube can supply oxygen to said channel through said bores. 5. The fish bait system of claim 2 wherein said body further defines an air conduit, said air conduit in communication with said channel, said tank wall further defining a third aperture, said air conduit received in said third aperture, said air conduit receiving said tube. 6. The fish bait system of claim 2 wherein said ingress is normal to said egress. 7. The fish bait system of claim 1 further comprising filter media, said filter media contained within said water filter housing contiguous said back. 8. The fish bait system of claim 7 wherein said front defines a water inlet and said back defines a water outlet. 9. The fish bait system of claim 8 wherein said back defines a sinusoidal surface with a series of peaks contiguous said filter media.