Abstract: A fish holder, particularly adapted for facilitating skinning of catfish, has an inner elongate stationary member upon which an outer coextensive cylinder is rotatably mounted. In use, a pair of clamping jaws at the outer end of the outer cylinder into which the head of a fish may be inserted in a horizontal direction hold the depending fish in position for dressing one side of the body portion. The outer cylinder, with the fish held in the jaws, may then be rotated one-half turn, which movement automatically positions the other side of the body portion in position to enable completion of the dressing operation. The jaws are manually operable and selectively lockable in a plurality of angular positions.