Abstract: An improved underwater fish attracting device including a housing of fish shaped design retractably attached to a first cable to a boat. A parachute is retractably attached through a third cable to the fish-like housing and a second cable retractably attaches the parachute to a fishing rod on the boat. A fishing lure is also attached to the parachute. The fish-like housing is provided with a propeller on a forward outside end thereof which is in activating relationship with a movable spool within the housing for releasing and retracting the third cable to which the parachute is attached. The parachute is openable in response to the pressure of water on the underside of the parachute.

Abstract: A fishing device used for trolling is shown which employs the force of water, to engage a propeller that turns a shaft engaging a cluster of gears. The gears alternately engage a worn shaft and a spool. The spool retrieves a cable, to which, is attached a spring loaded parachute that applies a resistive drag to the cable. This parachute incorporates a release mechanism to which a fish line is attached. The cable, while being retrieved on the spool, accelerate the lure attached to the fishline. The worm shaft engages a pawl, which is carried in a pawl retainer, which travels along the worm shafts axis thereby moving the spool, which is rotatably mounted on an axle type shaft mounted parallel to the worm shaft, away from the gear cluster. The spool has a cable attached to it and when the spool is engaged in the gear cluster the cable is wrapped around the spool and when it becomes disengaged the force of the water against the parachute, which is attached to the cable causes the cable to unwind.