A fish line guide device formed by a plurality of removably engageable guide members forming a serpentine fish line path. The guide members can be engaged to a surface of a basket worn by an angler or to the surface on which the angler is standing such as a boat deck. Engagement is accomplished by base mounts which engage with the base end of the guide members and hold the guide member substantially perpendicular from the surface. A sandwiched engagement of the guide member and base mount or a suctional engagement of the base mount to a surface, or a tongue and groove style engagement provides the projecting mount of the guide members to the surface. The guide members may also be engaged to a flexible surface layer which is then supported upon a support surface adjacent to an angler.