VESSEL 1 WAS WESTBOUND ON KAW LAKE RUNNING A TROT LINE.  VESSEL 1 STARTED TAKING ON WATER in heavy weather CAUSING THE VESSEL TO CAPSIZE AND SINK.  ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS WOUND UP IN THE WATER.  POINT OF SINKING WAS APPROX 1 MILE SOUTH OF COON CREEK COVE AND APPROX 8 MILE EAST OF GARRETTS LANDING AND APPROX 20 YDS SOUTH OF SHORELINE.  THE THREE PASSENGERS MADE IT TO THE SHORE SAFELY.  THE OPERATOR SANK BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND NEVER RESURFACED.  THE OPERATOR'S BODY AND VESSEL WERE LOCATED USING SIDE SCAN SONAR AND RECOVERED BY THE OHP DIVE TEAM IN APPROX 18 FEET OF WATER.
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