Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — Keeps the Fish AliVe. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Keeps the Fish AliVe.

Many a fisherman who prefers live bait to tempt his game has trouble in keeping the bait alive throughout a day’s sport, and it is impossible to transport the bait for some distance

without losing more or less of it. simply because there is no means of supplying the fish with , the nece s s a r y air. As soon

as the Water the n.-f cannot exist and if fresh water is not at hand |Jie fish will die. To prevent this loss uassius M. Fisk of Ohio has designed the receptacle here shown. The device consists of a pail to receive the water and bait, with an air pump and storage reservoir at one side, and a perforated tube located in the bottom of the water chamber. It will be seen that air may be compressed to a relatively high pressure in the air container, and by means of the peculiarly arrange distributing pipes a gradual discharge of the air through the water is permitted, thus keeping the water continually purified and necessitating the use of the air pump only at comparatively long intervals as the pressure becomes too low to properly feed the air to the water. To aid in selecting the bait for use the inventor has also supplied a sort of het composed of a ring covered with fabric and mounted on the lower end of a rod inside the pail, which will lift the fish clear out the water'until the one desired can be taken out.