Live bait dispenser

An apparatus for dispensing live bait, the apparatus comprising:

• a water tank;
• a basket for restraining live bait therein, said basket being located in said tank and said basket comprising:
• means permitting free water flow into and out of said basket when said basket is immersed in water and allowing drainage when said basket is removed from said water;
• first and second sides;
• a bottom sloping downwardly from said first side to said second side;
• a basket bait aperture located in said basket second side adjacent said basket bottom;
• means for lifting said basket from the water, said lifting means having an upper limit of travel;
• a bait dispensing chute comprising:
• first and second ends;
• a bottom and two sides, said chute bottom sloping downwardly from said first end to said second end, said bottom of said chute first end being fixed no higher than said basket bottom second end and said basket bait aperture when said basket is at said travel upper limit;
• gate means located intermediate said chute ends for selectively impeding passage through said chute, said gate means having open and closed positions;
• such that when said gate means is in said closed position and said basket is lifted to said upper limit, bait will fall through said basket bait aperture and into said chute thereby filling
• a bait measuring container of predetermined volume formed by said gate means and the portion of said chute between said gate and said chute first end and such that when said basket is lowered and said gate means moved to said open position, the bait in said predetermined volume will be dispensed.