Fishing apparatus adapted for use with fishing accessories comprising a tackle box with an opening extending through an upper end and forming an inside wall. A first attachment means is disposed generally on a portion of the inside wall in the tackle box. The apparatus includes a container having outside walls generally surrounding a container opening with the container opening intersecting the upper end and being sized for receiving fishing accessories. A second attachment means includes a portion connected to the outside wall of the container. The second attachment means and the first attachment means each are adapted so that the second attachment means is removeably connectable to the first attachment means for removeably connecting the container to the inside of the tackle box. The fishing apparatus also includes a fishing rod with a third attachment means connected to the fishing rod adapted to be removeably connected to the second attachment means for removeably connecting the container to the fishing rod.