Abstract: A jugline fishing float visually indicates to a fisher the location of the float and when a fish has been caught, and is especially suitable for nighttime fishing. The jugline fishing float has a housing with an upper and lower container removably connected to a divider. The divider supports a stage having a circuit board mounted to a platform thereon. A mechanical actuation system is mounted to the underside of the stage. The mechanical actuation system has a contact bar which pivots about a pivot pin. The contact bar is biased against a position indicator contact by a spring attached at one end of the contact bar. A battery supplies energy to actuate a white position indicator lamp in response to the position indicator contact electrically communicating with the contact bar. The indicator lamp signals the position of the jugline fishing float to the fisher.