According to the operator, a party of three gentlemen were duck hunting in the wysocking bay area.  Operator and his hunting partner decided to go and scout for a new location.  He said as they came around the point, the water became too rough.  As operator decelerated, a wave broke over the back of the vessel.  He attempted to use the bilge pump, but it failed to work.  Operator then put the stern, back, of the vessel toward the bank in order to have the bow, front of the vessel, facing into the wind while they tried to bail out the water.  The vessel then started taking waves over the bow and both passenger and operator exited onto land holding type iv pfds.  They attempted to retrieve the rest of their gear that was in the vessel.  Due to the wind and sea action, the vessel capsized after the subjects got on land.  They anchored the vessel to the shore, set out two life jackets, and toed duck decoys to a game land sign with their information written on the decoys.  They fired three distress shots, but due to the wind, the shots were not heard.  Operator and friend began to gather wood for a shelter and build a fire.  The owner of the vessel had called to report his friends being gone for several hours and he was not able to contact them by cell phone.  Officer and i picked up the owner of the vessel at the duck blind the three subjects hunted earlier.  After securing him, we began to search in the direction he last saw his friends.  We found them at the site that they had built the fire.  There were no personal injuries and all safety equipment was on board the vessel.  There was no alcohol or drug use detected in this incident.
 
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There was no mention by the officer of this report as to what caused the vessel to take on water except for the waves and weather conditions.
ENGELHARD