re: Do it yourself floating bait buckets

Take a pool noodle and a 5 gallon paint strainer bag. Cut and glue the noodle into a ring to fit the bag. Cheap and the bag has very fine mesh which will help keep the bait from getting stuck in the net. If you want to upgrade this, cut a hole in a piece of 2' x 3' marine plywood. Cut a hole near one end big enough for a 5 gallon bucket. Glue fun noodles, or whatever closed cell foam you have, to the bottom for floatation. You can either drill a bunch of holes in a bucket and use it or attach a garment bag to the hole. Then tie a rope to the board and you have a floating platform. We have even gone further and put brackets on the platform for holding tackle boxes drinks, whatever. This is good for waters with little or no wave action.