27 towards the rear such that it no longer interoperates with ratchet wheel 22 by this means coil spring 23 is freed to rewind spool 18 thus simultaneously rewinding anchoring cord 19 back onto spool 18 if a hook was attached to the distal end of anchoring cord 19 it may be secured to keel 13 by means of passing one of its tines through hole 21 if flat bar weight 28 was attached to the end of anchoring cord 19 it may be secured to keel 13 by sliding it into weight retaining slot 17 while simultaneously pressing slide release 24 forward to lock flat bar weight 28 into weight retaining slot 17 finally the user removes keel 13 by releasing locking tabs 14 from locking holes 11 thus allowing keel 13 to be removed from decoy 10 and readying it for attachment to a different decoy it will be readily evident to those having skill in the art that the exemplary embodiment of the invention is not the only embodiment that may be conceived for example it will be readily apparent that a variant of the invention in which keel 13 contains a battery an electric air pump and a means selectively supplying electric current to the air pump may be used to generate a stream of bubbles surrounding the base of decoy 10 when it is in the water similarly it will be readily apparent that a variant of the invention in which keel 13 contains a battery a sound generator and a means selectively supplying electric current to the sound generator may be used such that decoy 10 continuously or intermittently.