Anyone know what this is?

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onthewater102

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I'm not sure if this is something my grandfather put together or if this is something that was commercially available at one point but I found it at the bottom of his tackle box and I'm intrigued by it.

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I don't know where I'm coming up with this, but seems like I saw something a long long time ago like that, where you can string a dead fish on it and fish it like a lure.
 
I've seen saltwater rigs like like for fishing salted eel skins. They'd sell or eat the eels, but 1st peeling back the skin and then preserving it in a salt brine. Then bring it up over the hook and tie it in with thread into that groove.

Small post on them here: https://www.shorelinebt.com/id62.html

See other vintage examples below.
 

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