A fish-bait discharger (10) comprising an elongate streamlined hollow container (12) which has a rounded nose portion (14) and tapers towards its tail portion (16), the container (12) having a first part (18) and a second part (20), the first and second parts (18 and 20) both extending rearwardly from the nose portion (14) and the said second part (20) being provided with a hinge (27) at its rear end, by which it is pivotably attached to the said first part (18) of the container (12) so as to be pivotable between an open position, in which the container (12) can be filled with or emptied of bait, and a closed position, in which bait is retained within the container (12), the rounded nose portion (14) being provided with an impact sensitive release mechanism (42) by which the said second part (20) is released from its closed position to enable it to adopt its open position upon impact of the discharger (10) with the surface of water which is to be baited.In a first aspect of the present invention, the said first part (18) of the container (12) is a main part thereof, and the said second part (20) of the container (12) is a lid (20) thereof. The angle (α) through which the said main part (18) extends around an imaginary central axis of the discharger (10), at least at forward positions along that axis rearwardly of the release mechanism (42), exceeds 1.1π radians.In a second aspect of the present invention the hinge (27) is located forwardly of flight fins (38).
