Wiktionary
bait box
n. 1 (context fishing English) a box used to keep bait 2 A small box, in which poison is kept, with space for small animals e.g. rats to eat from.
Usage examples of "bait box".
During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry.
The port stabilizer held fast but the starboard stabilizer, which is composed of lead and steel, left rhe water and slammed into the bait box just inches from a seaman.
There was a louder snapping sound, and the bow seat fell in two pieces and floated next to the bait box.
Cy sniffed again at the foil-wrapped package in Tucker's bait box.