operator ADVISED HE HAD GONE FISHING BEFORE DAYLIGHT. AFTER FISHING FOR A WHILE HE RETURNED TO HIS VEHICLE TO WARM UP. APPROXIMATELY 1130 HOURS operator RETURNED TO HIS BOAT TO RESUME FISHING. AS HE CLEARED THE NO WAKE ZONE HE INCREASED POWER. WHEN HE SPED UP ONE OF HIS FISHING POLLES BLEW UP. HE REACHED FOR THE POLE AND WHEN HE DID THE BOAT TURNED STARBOARD. operator WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE PORT SIDE OF THE BOAT AND INTO THE WATER. WHEN operator CAME UP THE BOAT HAD CAPSIZED. he WAS ABLE TO REBOARD THE BOAT UNTIL EMERGENCY SERVICES ARRIVED TO RESCUE HIM. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO UML MEDICAL IN LEBANON FOR TREATMENT FOR HYPOTHERMIA.
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