RedactedNarrative: Vessel #1 LA 2809 EP was south bound on the Red River approximately 1/2 mile south of the Jimmie Davis Bridge in Caddo Parish. Operator stated he was traveling approximately 3/4 throttle speed when he observed a black pipe approximately 12 inches in diameter in front of his vessel.  Operator collided with the pipe and ramped over the pipe.  Operator's dog, which is approxmiately 55 pounds, was in the vessel and got ejected over the port bow.  Neither Operator nor the dog was injured.  There were one type III and one type IV PFD on board.  Operator did not have on a PFD, but did have on the kill switch.  Vessel #1 sustained damage to the transom in the form of two cracks, the anti-ventilation plate above the lower unit on the starboard was bent, and Operator stated that the outboard, which is a 90 hp Mercury, does not run the same as it did before the collision.
NameOfBodyOfWater: Red River
NearestCityTown: Shreveport                    