OPERATOR VESSEL 1 STATED THEY HAD BEEN HUNTING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAKE.  OPERATOR STATED THAT THE WIND HAD INCREASED SINCE THEY HAD DEPARTED EARLIER IN THE DAY TO GO HUNTING AND THE WATER WAS VERY ROUGH.  OPERATOR STATED HE WAS TRYING TO STAY ALONG THE WEST SHORELINE BUT BECAUSE OF HIGH WAVES HE TRUNED HIS BOAT WITH THE WAVES BUT A LARGE WAVE OVERTOOK THE STERN OF HIS BOAT SUBSEQUENTLY CAPSIZING IT.  ALSO LOST WITH THE VESSEL WERE SEVERAL WEAPONS INCLUDING A REMINGTON 870 EXPRESS, A 9MM RUGER MODEL P-85, A MOSSBERG MODEL 88 AND A JC HIGGINS MODEL 20.  AREA OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROX 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE DAY USE BOAT RAMP AND APPROX 1/2 MILE EAST OF MT. SCOTT SLOUGH.
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