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Hooker Electric Mini Tuna Tube Live Bait Bucket First Look
I take a look at the Hooker Electric mini tuna tube, a portable live bait bucket based on the tuna tubes on big tournament boats.
What’s in this video
Some baits are expensive and hard to catch, so when you’ve got them you want them alive. The Hooker Electric mini tuna tube bait bucket keeps water flowing through the bait’s gills, so the fish doesn’t have to swim to get oxygen.
It’s based on the bigger tuna tubes you see on large tournament fishing boats, but this one is small enough to take to the pier, on your boat, on the dock or on a kayak. If you fish live bait for game fish, this is a solid way to keep them kicking.
Quick takeaways
- The tuna tube design pushes water through the bait's gills so it doesn't have to swim for oxygen.
- It's compact enough to use on a pier, dock, boat or kayak.
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