A fish-stringer handle has a D-shape with a channel around it for winding string to be unwound as needed for stringing fish. Finger grooves at an inside periphery of a leg of the D-shape provide comfortable handling. A needle orifice is provided for attaching the string with a fish-stringer needle. Wood or other light and floatable material can be used for construction. A string keeper can be attached to keep the string in the middle of the handle for distributing weight of fish on a string evenly across a hand of a user.
