Abstract: A fishing jug comprises a floatable, hollow housing with a generally cylindrical side wall and top and bottom end walls. A hollow, inverted U-shaped handle with a removable seal plug is connected to the top end wall in communication with the interior of the housing. There is a reduced-diameter neck in the lower portion of the side wall having an external, toroidal surface of concave, parti-circular cross-section extending completely around the housing. There is a downwardly enlarged, flared lower ballast compartment between the neck and lower end wall. One or more hook-engageable loops are outstanding from the neck but are entirely recessed within a cylindrical projection of the side wall. The loops are offset from a minimum diameter section of the neck.