OPERATOR WAS FISHING IN LOWER GOOSE CREEK BETWEEN CAMPBELL'S CREEK AND SNODEN CREEK.  OPERATOR SAW THAT IT WAS GETTING CLOUDY AND DECIDED TO GO IN.  OPERATOR STARTED PULLING HIS ANCHOR LINE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STERN OF HIS VESSEL.  OPERATOR PULLED THE STERN OF HIS VESSEL DOWN AND WATER STARTED COMING IN HIS VESSEL.  OPERATOR COULDN'T GET THE ANCHOR TO BREAK LOSE.  OPERATOR THEN TRIED TO PULL THE ANCHOR BY PUTTING HIS VESEL IN GEAR AND PULLING WITH THE MOTOR.  THIS ACTION BY OPERATOR CAUSED THE STERN OF THE VESSEL TO BE PULLED DOWN AND TAKE ON WATER CAPSIZING THE VESSEL.  OPERATOR WAS IN THE WATER WITH HIS VESSEL FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HE WAS RESCUED BY THE US COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTED TO CRAVEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.  OPERATOR WAS TREATED FOR HYPOTHERMIA AND DEHYDRATION AND RELEASED.
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