Abstract: Apparatus for forming fish bait on a fish hook. The apparatus has a first mold unit with a first cavity and is connected to a channel in communication with a bore. The first mold unit has an access port in the vicinity of the first cavity formed through a sidewall of the first mold unit through which the fish hook may be inserted and removed, and the first mold unit has a threaded end. A second mold unit is removably engaged to the first mold unit, the second mold unit has a second cavity defined therein. The second mold unit has a means for closing and locking the first mold unit and the second mold unit with the first and second cavity is attached together to form a fish bait mold cavity therein when in a closed position. A bait canister is adapted to fit within the bore in the first mold unit. The bait canister has an aperture formed therein at a bottom wall thereof and is aligned with the channel.

Abstract: The fish bait molder is a two element mold in which one mold element is inserted into the other in a manner that the fish bait molder may be opened and closed. Each mold element has a portion of a mold cavity such that when the two mold elements are closed together a mold cavity is formed. An access port is contained in one of the two mold elements to allow insertion of a fish hook and removal of a baited fish hook. A slot is provided to allow a fish line to protrude out of the fish bait molder. There is a bait holder with a bait cavity attached to one of the mold elements. The bait cavity is filled with fish bait and a piston slides in the bait cavity to force the fish bait through an inlet passage into the mold cavity and around the fish hook. The piston can be operated by rotating the bait holder into a fish bait container having a threaded lid or rotating a rotational injector with a piston attached into the bait cavity. A ratchet mechanism may also be used to force the piston into the bait cavity.