Abstract: A baiting system for a fishing hook that controls, directs and holds live fishing bait, specifically leeches, in a confined space for proper threading on a fishing hook without requiring one's hands or fingers to touch the live bait. The system includes a funnel with a stem, a stopper to be inserted into the funnel at the stem, a soft plastic tubing engaged over the lower end of the stem, and at the lower end of the plastic tubing at least one hole followed by a slit, with optional opposing hole and slit, and a binder clip at the bottom to trap the bait. The bait, such as a leech, is dropped into the funnel and positioned by the stopper to slide tail first into the plastic tubing. The barb of the fish hook is inserted through the hole, into the tail of the bait, and then the binder clip is removed and the hooked bait is pulled down through the slit of the plastic tubing.