A bait cover for securing a hook to a fish, the bait cover including a tube with a tapered portion and an elongate portion. The tube, which is elastic and non-porous, having an open end and a closed end. The tapered portion of the tube has a tapered portion first end connected to the closed end by a tapered tube having an inner diameter decreasing from the tapered portion first end to the closed end. The elongate portion of the tube has an elongate portion second end adjacent the tapered portion first end and connected to the open end by an elongate tube having a uniform inner diameter. The tube is configured to secure a hook located between the tapered tube or the elongate tube and an external surface of the fish located within the tube and to conform to the contour of a portion of the fish.
