Live bait carrier

Claim 1

A LIVE BAIT RETAINING DEVICE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE, BRACKET MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID RECEPTACLE AND ADAPTED TO BE RIGIDLY SECURED TO A BOAT AT ITS FORWARD END, A PERFORATED BAIT CONTAINER REMOVABLY DISPOSED IN SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND A REARWARDLY DIRECTED OPENING AND A FORWARDLY DIRECTED CLOSED PORTION SPACED BELOW THE OPEN TOP, AND A WATER CIRCULATING PIPE CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET MEANS AND INCLUDING AN UPPER END OVERLYING THE OPEN TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE AND A LOWER END OPENING AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BOAT, THE LOWER END OF THE PIPE ADAPTED TO EXTEND BELOW THE WATER LEVEL FOR DISCHARGE OF WATER INTO THE OPEN TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE FOR CIRCULATION THROUGH THE RECEPTACLE AND CONTAINER WHEN THE BOAT MOVES FORWARDLY, SAID OPENING IN THE RECEPTACLE BEING ENLARGED TO EXPOSE A MATERIAL PORTION OF THE PERFORATED CONTAINER TO PROVIDE FOR WATER CIRCULATION THROUGH THE LIVE BAIT CONTAINER BY USE OF THE WATER CIRCULATION PIPE DURING MOVEMENT OF THE BOAT AND BY ENTRY OF WATER THERETHROUGH WHEN THE BOAT IS SETTING STILL, SAID RECEPTACLE ABEING DISPOSED BELOW THE WATER LINE TO AT LEAST A DEPTH SO THAT WATER WILL ENTER THE PERFORATIONS OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH SAID ENLARGED OPENING WHEN THE BOAT IS STILL.