Rapidly adjustable bait protector

A rapidly adjustable bait protector comprising:

• a cup configured to receive a front portion of a bait fish, said cup comprising a front face;
• and a tubular element coupled to said front face at a tubular element front end, and open at a tubular element back end to receive said front portion of said bait fish;
• wherein a distance between said tubular element front end and said tubular element back end comprises at least 20 millimeters;
• said front face comprises
• a plurality of plug holes connected by one or more slots;
• a pair of tuning wire holes configured to receive and secure
• a tuning wire that shapes an orientation of said bait fish;
• a pair of bait holder holes configured to receive one or more bait holders to be inserted into said bait fish to hold said bait fish in said tubular element, said pair of bait holder holes comprising
• a first bait holder hole located on a top of said tubular element;
• and
• a second bait holder hole located on a bottom of said tubular element;
• a line conduit coupled to an inner surface of said tubular element and configured to receive a fishing line passing through said front face and coupled to one or more hooks,
• wherein a back edge of said line conduit comprises a hook stop configured to hold a front hook of said one or more hooks in position;
• said front hook comprises an octopus hook;
• and
• said back edge of said line conduit is angled to match an angle of an eye of said octopus hook;
• each plug hole of said plurality of plug holes is connected to each other plug hole of said plurality of plug holes by a path through said one or more slots and said plurality of plug holes,
• wherein a diameter of said each plug hole is greater than a width of each slot of said one or more slots in a transverse direction of said one or more slots relative to a longitudinal direction of said one or more slots;
• a plug configured to be removably inserted into any plug hole of said plurality of plug holes, comprising a line hole passing through said plug and configured to receive said fishing line inserted through said line hole;
• and,
• a bait spike comprising a barb end configured to be inserted into said bait fish;
• and an eye coupled to said barb end and configured to receive said fishing line and to hold a back hook of said one or more hooks near said bait fish without said back hook passing through said bait fish;
• wherein said plug is configured to be moved from a first plug hole of said plurality of plug holes to a second plug hole of said plurality of plug holes without uncoupling said fishing line from said one or more hooks and without moving said one or more hooks, by
• removing said plug from said first plug hole without removing said fishing line from said line hole, by sliding said plug along said fishing line;
• sliding said fishing line along said one or more slots to said second plug hole;
• and,
• inserting said plug into said second plug hole by sliding said plug along said fishing line;
• wherein said plurality of plug holes are at different locations on said front face and comprise a center plug hole at or proximal to a center of said front face, and additional plug holes offset from and connected to said center plug hole,
• wherein said center plug hole and said additional plug holes comprise said first plug hole, said second plug hole and at least a third plug hole;
• wherein said plurality of plug holes are arranged in a pattern such that the path connects said first plug hole and said second plug hole to said third plug hole via said one or more slots;
• wherein at least said first plug hole, said second plug hole and said third plug hole are connected to each other via said path;
• wherein said path is restricted by said fishing line that is configured to move in said one or more slots without uncoupling the fishing line and without removing the fishing line from the line hole;
• and
• wherein said fishing line in said plug is configured to pull the cup from a plurality of locations offset from one another on said front face of said cup that correspond to said plurality of plug holes to create a plurality of spin rates and a plurality of arc circumferences.