Joy Fish Bait & Chum Bat | Live Bait Thrower & Chum Scoop for Inshore & Offshore Fishing

$12.99
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  • 0–10 miles: $19.99
  • 10–20 miles: $29.99

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Description

The Joy Fish Bait & Chum Bat is a versatile fishing tool designed for throwing live bait, distributing chum, and handling bait with speed and efficiency. Widely used by both inshore and offshore anglers, the Bait & Chum Bat helps anglers deploy bait accurately while keeping hands cleaner and reducing stress on delicate live bait.

Constructed from durable molded plastic, the Chum Bat features a lightweight scoop-style design that makes it easy to grab and throw pilchards, threadfin herring, scaled sardines, shrimp, and other popular baitfish. Whether you're chumming redfish along mangrove shorelines, feeding snook around docks and bridges, or tossing live bait to schooling kingfish offshore, the Bait & Chum Bat allows for quick and efficient bait deployment.

Inshore anglers frequently use bait bats to keep bait schools active around the boat, create feeding opportunities for snook and redfish, and accurately distribute live bait during sight-fishing situations. Offshore anglers rely on them for tossing live bait, chunk bait, and chum while targeting snapper, grouper, kingfish, tuna, cobia, and sharks.

Lightweight, durable, and easy to clean, the Joy Fish Bait & Chum Bat is one of those simple tools that quickly becomes a permanent fixture on the boat.

Features

  • Durable molded plastic construction

  • Lightweight and easy to handle

  • Scoop-style design for throwing live bait

  • Helps reduce handling of delicate baitfish

  • Easy to clean

  • Saltwater-resistant construction

  • Ideal for both inshore and offshore fishing

Common Baits

  • Pilchards

  • Threadfin herring

  • Scaled sardines

  • Shrimp

  • Pinfish

  • Live baitfish

  • Chunk bait

  • Frozen chum

Ideal For

Inshore Fishing

  • Snook

  • Redfish

  • Speckled trout

  • Mangrove snapper

  • Dock fishing

  • Mangrove fishing

  • Flats fishing

  • Bridge fishing

Offshore Fishing

  • Snapper

  • Grouper

  • Kingfish

  • Cobia

  • Tuna

  • Sharks

  • Reef fishing

  • Bottom fishing

Why We Like It at Premier Tackle

Whether you're chumming redfish on a shallow flat, feeding pilchards to dock snook, or tossing live bait to offshore predators, the Joy Fish Bait & Chum Bat makes bait deployment faster, easier, and more efficient. It's a simple tool that sees constant use on many Gulf Coast fishing boats.

Perfect For

  • Live bait fishing

  • Chumming

  • Inshore fishing

  • Offshore fishing

  • Charter captains

  • Tournament anglers

  • Florida Gulf Coast fishing

  • Everyday boat use