RedactedNarrative: ACCORDING TO STATEMENT OF OPERATOR HE WAS FISHING BELOW WHEELER DAM. THE WATER CURRENTS CAUSED THE VESSEL TO BE PULLED UNDER THE OVERHANG OF THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE OF THE DAM. THE OPERATOR JUMPED INTO THE WATER, INFALTED HIS TYPE V PFD, AND WAS ASSISTED BY ANOTHER FISHERMAN IN A NEARBY VESSEL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VESSEL WAS PULLED OUT BY THE TVA EMPLOYEES. OPERATOR'S VESSEL SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH OF THE PEDESTAL SEATS, THE TOP OF THE ENGINE COWLING, FISHING REEL HANDLE AND THE PORT SIDE RAILING.
NameOfBodyOfWater: Wilson Lake
NearestCityTown: ELGIN                         