Abstract: A bait container is provided in the form of an upwardly opening bucket including a hollow domed cover removably stationarily engagingly supported from and closing the upper end of the bucket. A pivoted bail-type handle is supported from the bucket and swingable between an upstanding position disposed over the upper portion of the domed cover and a generally horizontal position disposed to one side of the cover. The cover is readily removable from the upper end of the bucket when the handle is in the horizontal position and the handle and domed cover include coacting structure for releasably latching the handle in the upstanding position. The handle, when in the upstanding position, serves to latch the cover to the bucket against removal therefrom. One side portion of the domed cover includes an access opening formed therein provided with an openable closure therefor and the interior of the domed cover includes a flotation ring supported therefrom and extending about the access opening.