Abstract: A portable fishing rod holder and stand including a circular compartmented tray with three spaced depending legs and a sleeved post extending vertically and rotatably at the center thereof. Pivotally and swingably arranged at the upper end of the post is a flat horizontal reel supporting plate having an elongated telescoped supporting pole positioned therein and projecting forwardly therefrom and formed with upwardly extending fishing rod supporting brackets. A rearwardly and upwardly extending bracket on the plate with a spring-pressed clamp receives the handle portion of a fishing rod and, together with the pole clamps, retains the rod in generally horizontal fishing position when a fish is caught on the hooked line thereof.