The two occupants were floating down the River fishing with the victim in the front of the canoe and operator in the back.  They were approaching a shoal when the operator told the victim they needed to get V1 straight before entering the shoal.  Victim was working on his reel and reached backward to retrieve his tackle box and V1 took on water and overturned.  Both occupants held onto V1 and spoke to each other to make sure they were ok, due to both men having waders on.  After a few minutes of talking, victim decided to swim towards the gravel bar to get out of the cold water, while the operator floated with V1 to a location where he could stand up.  Operator heard the victim say "Oh crap" and another party that was floating down the river got the victim to grab hold of a paddle and took him toward the bank.  Operator said when he got out of the water, the other party was administering CPR on the victim.  EMS was called and victim was transported by Air Evac Med Flight to Baxter Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1305.
MARSHALL                      