Abstract: A fishing device for supporting a bait fish in a generally horizontal disposition includes a rigid wire shank connected to two bait spears, and a braided wire cable which is wrapped around and frictionally engaged with the shank portion and provided with a loop at one end of said shank portion for connection to a fishline and a hook at the other end which is embedded in the bait. When a fish is hooked, the cable is displaced from a first position parallel with the spears to a second position generally parallel with said shank portion to provide a taut line during fish retrieval.