Homemade Bait Pen

[@blakehurst8695]

This was an awesome build, turned out great, keeping it simple i like it 🖒

[@KayakDIY]

Blake Hurst thanks Blake! Definitely going to get a ton of use from it. I’m trying to keep bait on hand. I even have a fiddler crab tank in the garage for sheepshead. 😂 Wife doesn’t know about it.

[@garrisonh]

nice, good idea!

[@KayakDIY]

Thanks. It turned out better than I anticipated. I love it.

[@ratdog3055]

neat idea!

[@KayakDIY]

Ratdog 305 definitely one of my favorite projects as it is getting used pretty much daily. Have fish in it as we speak! It stays in water off my dock 24/7.

[@stephanieventura2081]

How many bait fish can you keep in there?

[@leeburke2606]

I don't understand how you catch bait in this with small holes

[@rumblefishoutdoors648]

Will pilchards live long in there?

[@KayakDIY]

They live excellent in it. Have kept all sorts of bait including pilchards alive for week to two weeks. I went on 2 week vacation to visit family in Midwest and came back to live pilchards. Maybe had a few die, but 80-90% of them were good. It has been great having the bait pen. It finally grew some barnacles and oysters. I would say every 3-4 months or so maybe should take it out and scrape it down with shovel and spray off with hose. It is indestructible though between the thick HDPE and the stainless steel hardware. It will out live me. Way better than those plastic coated wire cage ones where wire eventually rusts.

[@SimplySV]

What do you use for thumbnails?

[@KayakDIY]

GamerCise TV I use adobe photoshop.

[@SimplySV]

@@KayakDIY Thanks man, I appreciate it👍

[@KayakDIY]

GamerCise TV also try Snapseed app for iPhone mobile. That lets you do simple things like add text to screenshots of video....quick easy thumbnails. Can also use HDR effect for added pop of color and contrast.