On 07/05/2013, at about 16:00 PM the occupants of a small pontoon vessel were fishing near the Courtney Campbell Causeway on Tampa Bay, in Hillsborough County. A wave flipped the vessel while it was drifting in 2' to 6' waves. The owner/operator called 911 at about 15:15 PM. The two occupants of the vessel were ejected and held onto the capsized vessel. Ofc and I arrived on scene at about 16:48 to find one occupant sitting on the hull of the vessel and the other standing in about 2 ½ feet of water. The two occupants boarded our patrol vessel and were returned to Philippe park boat ramp. The vessel was anchored were we found it and retrieved the next day.
ROCKY CREEK