Abstract: A device for casting a weighted fishing line that includes a hollow cylindrical member having threaded thereon at one end a conical augered spike and having on the other end a cap which is held onto the cylindrical member by means of a ridge on the cylindrical member. The cap has a slot which corresponds with a slot in the cylindrical member through which the fishing line is threaded. The casting device is adapted for use with the fishing line attached to a weight of a geometrical shape such that it will not pass through the aperture in the cylindrical member. The augered spike is screwed into the earth, the weighted line is placed into the cylindrical member and the cap placed onto the member such that when pressure is applied to the fishing line this pressure is transferred to the cap on the cylindrical member by means of the weight on the line which is pulled up against the slot in the member to release the cap.