ON APRIL 21, 2012 VESSEL ONE (V1) WAS OPERATED BY OPERATOR ONE (O1) NEAR THE ROBERTS AND GRANT COUNTY LINE NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA SHORELINE ON BIG STONE LAKE.   

O1 HAD GONE OUT ONTO BIG STONE LAKE IN V1 FROM A LAKE CABIN AND DOCK LOCATED ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA SHORELINE AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 HOURS TO RETRIEVE A FISHING BOBBER THAT HAD BROKEN FREE FROM A FISHING LINE.   

AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HOURS ON APRIL 21, V1 WAS LOCATED WASHED UP ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA SHORELINE OF BIG STONE LAKE APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS NORTH OF THE LOCATION THAT O1 HAD ENTERED THE WATER. 

AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 HOURS ON APRIL 21 THE DECEASED BODY OF O1 WAS LOCATED IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS NORTH OF THE LOCATION THAT O1 HAD ENTERED THE WATER AND APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS FROM SHORE IN 6.5 FEET OF WATER. 

O1 HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL PRIOR TO OPERATING V1.  O1 WAS NOT WEARING A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE (PFD) AND NO PFD WAS FOUND IN V1.  IT IS UNKNOWN IF A PFD WAS IN V1 AS NO PFD'S WERE LOCATED.

Investigator believes that alcohol was a cause of the capsizing.
BIG STONE CITY                