Hook baiting device

A device for impaling bait on a hook, comprising a housing formed of a first part and a second part pivotally connected to each other, each of said parts having an inner surface shaped to mate with the inner surface of the other of said parts, and exterior surfaces that together form a unitary housing,

• said inner surface of said first part having a groove formed therein and extending along said inner surface and having two groove ends that terminate at said exterior surface of said housing,
• said inner surface of said second part also having a groove formed therein and extending along said inner surface and having two groove ends that terminate at an exterior surface of said housing,
• said first and second body parts being pivotally connected to each other at a location spaced from said grooves and being moveable between an open position in which access to said grooves is provided at said inner surfaces, and a closed position in which said interior surfaces of said first and second parts are located in contiguous relationship and said grooves are juxtaposed to form a passageway extending within said body and terminating at said exterior housing surface in a hook receiving aperture and a bait receiving aperture,
• and means for applying suction to said passageway at a location adjacent to said hook receiving aperture, so that when bait is located in said passageway at said bait receiving aperture and a hook is located in said passageway at said hook receiving aperture, the application of suction by said suction means will impel the bait through said passageway in the direction of the hook and impale the bait on the hook without the necessity of manual intervention.