Subject was opearting his vessel north bound  when an unknown ship traveling southbound causing a large wake, approximately 12' caused the vessel, LA 6257 FW (a 23' center vee bottom console boat operated by a steering wheel controlling a 250 hp mercury outboard motor), to come out of the water when the crest of the wave passed, and fell down into the trough of the wave.  Agents were not notified until approximately 11 AM on 11/30/2010 of the incident.  The vessel was equipped with an adequate amount of personal flotation devices, including a type 4, for the persons onboard.  The operator was not wearing the safety cutoff lanyard.  Agents found out the next day about the incident, so no tests were taken for alcohol or drugs.  Contributing factors include force of wake/wave.  The type of incident was included in the "other" section of this report, force of wake/wave.
Hackberry                     