Live bait container assemblies

A live bait container assembly for mounting on a seat pedestal of a watercraft seat on a watercraft, comprising:

• a bait container including:
• a container bottom panel;
• a plurality of container corners carried by the container bottom panel;
• a plurality of recessed container side panels extending between the plurality of container corners;
• a plurality of container handles extending between the plurality of container corners in spaced-apart relationship to the plurality of recessed container side panels, respectively;
• a container top panel carried by the plurality of container corners and the plurality of recessed container side panels;
• a container interior formed by the container bottom panel, the plurality of container corners, the plurality of recessed container side panels and the container top panel;
• and
• a container neck having a neck opening extending from the container top panel;
• a container lid assembly removably carried by the container neck and closing the neck opening, the container lid assembly including:
• a container lid rim detachably carried by the container neck;
• a dish-shaped inner lid portion detachably carried by the container lid rim, the inner lid portion including:
• a bottom lid wall;
• a side lid wall angling from the bottom lid wall;
• a lid flange extending from the side lid wall;
• at least one container lid opening in the bottom lid wall;
• a lid baffle extending from the bottom lid wall and circumscribing the at least one container lid opening;
• and
• a container lid handle carried by the inner lid portion;
• and
• an arm assembly detachably carried by a selected one of the plurality of container handles and configured for attachment to the seat pedestal, the arm assembly is length-adjustable and includes a proximal arm segment detachably attached to the selected one of the plurality of container handles and a distal arm segment telescopically engaging the proximal arm segment, the distal arm segment configured for attachment to the seat pedestal.

A container lid assembly for removable attachment to a container, comprising:

• a container lid rim configured to detachably engage the container;
• a dish-shaped inner lid portion removably fitted into the container lid rim, the inner lid portion including:
• a bottom lid wall;
• a side lid wall angling from the bottom lid wall;
• a lid flange extending from the side lid wall, the lid flange configured for removably engaging the container lid rim;
• a container lid handle spanning the side lid wall;
• at least one container lid opening in the bottom lid wall;
• and
• a lid baffle extending from the bottom lid wall, the lid baffle circumscribing the at least one container lid opening.