AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. ON 8/9/2011, THE OPERATOR OF THE BOAT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE TROLLING NEAR SISTER ISLANDS.  WHILE TROLLING, A FISHING LINE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE PROPELLER AND THE BOAT MOTOR FAILED.  THE BOAT WAS CLOSE TO THE BANK OF ONE OF THE ISLANDS AND THE OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS GOT OUT AND PULLED THE BOAT TO SHORE.  THEY ATTEMPTED TO TIE THE BOAT TO SHORE WITH A DOWN RIGGER CABLE BUT THE CABLE SNAPPED.  THE BOAT WAS FORCED INTO THE ROCKS ON THE SHORE OF THE ISLAND BY HIGH WINDS, WHERE IT SWAMPED.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE ISLAND.  THE NEXT MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 A.M. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS ABLE TO CALL 911 ON HIS CELL PHONE.  TWO OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 A.M.  EFFORTS WERE MADE TO RECOVER THE BOAT; HOWEVER, THIS RESULTED IN THE VESSEL CAPSIZING.  THE BOAT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE ISLAND AND SECURED.  OPERATOR AND PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO BRANNON BOAT RAMP AND INTERVIEWED.
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