Live Bait Pen

A live bait pen, which includes:

• a porous housing having top end and a bottom end, a fence framework and an interior defined therein to contain live bait therein,
• a central axial member fixed centrally within said porous housing;
• a movable container surface disposed within said housing and mounted to a central collar, said collar extending upward from said movable container surface and slidably receiving said central axis member in a manner and which is axially movable up and down about said central axis member wherein said container surface moves with said collar and said collar limits travel of said container surface a sufficient predetermined distance below said top end such that said bait is maintained in a predetermined retention zone below said top end;
• a line having an upper end above said top end and a lower end extending though said top end and connecting to said collar;
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• an openable lid operably disposed on said top end to provide easy insertion and removal of bait to and from said pen.