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A bait holder arrangement for holding bait in a cavity of a body member during casting of the bait to prevent the bait from tearing free of the hook. A body member is provided with walls defining a bait holding cavity and the bait holding cavity has a closed end and an open end. A buoyant member such as foam plastic or any other structure having a specific gravity less than 1.0 is positioned in the cavity adjacent the closed end. A flap means is positioned adjacent the open end of the cavity and moveable from an open position wherein the open end of the body member is open to a closed position wherein bait or other material in the bait holding cavity is retained therein. A water soluble retention means holds the flap means in a closed postion until the bait holder is in the water. When it is in the water, the water soluble retention means dissolves. A hinge means is provided for coupling the flap means to the body member and biases the flap means to the open position. The hinge means, the flap means, and the body member are unitarily fabricated. An eye means is provided on the external surfaces of the body member and a leader line is connected to the eye means and the other end of the leader line extends into the bait holding cavity through a line receiving aperture between the flap means and the body member. The leader line has a hook on the end within the cavity for holding the bait. During casting, the main fishing line is connected to the eye and the bait is held within the bait holding cavity and comparatively low forces are imposed thereon during casting. When the body member enters the water, the water soluble retention means dissolves allowing the flap to open and the bait floats free of the bait holding cavity and is retained in a conventional manner on the hook of the leader line.
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