Abstract: A fishing rod rack for supporting a fishing rod relative to a support surface. The inventive device includes a lower engaging assembly mountable to a vertical wall surface for receiving a lower end of a fishing rod. An upper engaging assembly is mountable to the vertical wall surface spaced from the lower engaging assembly for receiving an upper end of the fishing rod so as to support the fishing rod in cooperation with the lower engaging assembly. The upper engaging assembly includes a fixed upper support plate and a pivoting upper support plate which can be opened to facilitate positioning of the upper end of the fishing rod into an aperture directed through support plates.