BOAT #1 WITH OPERATOR & THREE PASSENGERS ABOARD WAS CRUISING AT 15 MPH IN MIDDLE OF BIG STONE LAKE ON A LEiSURELY CRUISE AFTER HAVING DINNER AT JAKE'S PUB & GRILL. BOAT#1 OPERATOR CLAIMED THAT SUDDENLY THE SILHOETTE OF A BOAT WITH NO LIGHTS APPEARED IN FRONT OF HIS BOAT. BOAT #1 OPERATOR TURNED HIS BOAT HARD TO PORT, AND BOAT#2 OPERATOR TURNED HIS BOAT TO STARBOARD & BOTH COLLIDED. BOAT#2 WAS STRUCK IN PORTSIDE BOW FROM GLANCING BLOW FROM BOAT#1 STARBOARD BOW. BOAT #1 CHECKED HIS PASSENGERS & THAT HIS BOAT WAS OK. WHEN HE LOOKED FOR BOAT#2 HE SAW BOAT#2 TAKE OFF. BOAT#1 SPED AFTER & CAUGHT UP WITH BOAT#2. THEN BOTH BOATS MOTORED TO SUNSET GRILL DOCKING AREA. THREE LAKES POLICE DEPT WAS CONTACTED AND FILED A SOMEWHAT INCOMPLETE REPORT TO WIS DNR. BOAT#2 OPERATOR WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO OPERATE BOAT WITHOUT THE REQUIRED LIGHTS BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE. SUBSEQUENT DNR FOLLOW-UP OBTAINED MORE COMPLETE BOAT OPERATOR & OFFICER REPORTS
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