Gear: Build a bait bucket / live well for cheap

Call it a bait bucket; call it a live well. Either way, what you want is something to keep your fishing bait live. The bucket and lid cost $5 at Lowe’s and this frabil aerator was $12 on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Okmqdr You can build this in 5 minutes, and it works great.

I filled it half full of water and put a half dozen bluegill in it the night before a fishing trip. The next morning the aerator was running strong and the bluegills were very lively. And, yes, you can snap the lid tight so that the water does not slosh out while you are lugging it.

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