noun
fishing basket; creel
A basket or container used by anglers to hold caught fish, often worn at the waist or placed in the water.
釣り人は釣り籠に魚を入れた。
The angler put the fish into the creel.
川のそばに釣り籠が置いてあった。
A fishing basket was placed by the river.
魚籠 (びく) is a more traditional term for a fish basket, often a woven container carried at the waist. 釣り籠 is a broader term for any fishing basket or creel.
Compound of 釣り (tsuri, 'fishing') and 籠 (kago, 'basket').