Abstract: A portable bait bucket includes a built-in handle allowing it to be easily carried from place to place. The inventive bucket includes an internal chamber accessible by an opening in its top closed by a pivotable door having a plurality of openings allowing air to enter the chamber to maintain some level of oxygenation for the water contained therein. On a forward face of the bucket, an opening is provided that may be closed with a plug to allow the user to extract bait from the inner chamber of the bucket. The inner chamber is divided into two sub-chambers by a divider that includes a water pervious wall allowing water to flow from one sub-chamber to the other. One sub-chamber is connected to the top opening and the forward facing opening. This first sub-chamber contains the bait. The second sub-chamber is not connected with the forward facing opening or the top opening.