A line guide device for attachment to boats to guide a trot line along one side of the boat as the boat moves along the line. The guide device is provided with longitudinally spaced peripherally grooved wheels over which the line passes with the spaced apart leaders on the line hanging downwardly therefrom, and guide means is provided for retaining the line in the grooves of the wheels and for guiding the leaders in their downwardly extending positions past the wheels to prevent tangling of the leaders in the equipment or snagging of the hooks.
