On 05/29/2010 around 1500 hours, RFC and I was patrolling Lake Oconee when we were flagged down by boaters in front of the Old Salem boat ramp. A white male in a bass boat advised us a boat had sunk and the tip of the bow was sticking up out of the water. The unidentified male stated that everyone on board the vessel went into the water and were picked up by passing boaters and taken to the Old Salem boat ramp. RFC and I went to the boat ramp where RFC made contact with the vessel owner. I advised RFC to gather information for a boating incident report while I went back to where the vessel went down. As I approached the vessel, the bow of the vessel went completely underwater and I was unable to secure anything to the bow to keep the vessel from sinking to the bottom of the lake. I threw a buoy where the vessel went down and called SGT and advised him of the situation. After discussing the incident with SGT, we called the Greene County dive team for recovery purposes. After several failed attempts by the divers, due to wind and current, we deployed the sonar unit to locate the vessel. As the vessel was located, a storm cell approached the area and the salvage attempt was postponed until the next morning. On 05/30/2010 the vessel was located with the sonar unit and the divers were able to make contact  with the vessel. The vessel was pulled from the bottom with the Old Salem fireboat and was towed to the Old Salem boat ramp where I helped load the vessel onto a trailer backed into the water. I advised operator we would complete a boat incident report. I asked operator what caused the vessel to go under. operator said the vessel took a large wake over the bow and the vessel sank. operator stated there were four people in the vessel as well as fishing gear and coolers. There were no injuries in the incident. I completed a boating incident report.
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