Abstract: A fisherman's casting net holder consisting of a plate, an arcuate horn attached to the front of the plate, and a device for adjustably carrying the plate on the chest portion of the caster's body. To prepare for a cast, the holder is strapped onto the caster so that the plate is held against the caster's body and so that the horn points away from the caster's body. Then the caster coils the net's hand line in one hand, places a portion of the net's weight line over the horn, holds a portion of the net in his or her other hand, and then casts in the customary manner, except that the caster need not use his or her mouth to hold a portion of the net's weight line during casting, such portion being held by the horn until such time as release is appropriate whereupon release is effected automatically, without any effort on the part of the caster.