RedactedNarrative: Operator of vessel #1 stated to the effect that he was along the side of vessel #2. As the two vessels separated vessel #2 moved forward and the bow of vessel #1 drifted into vessel #2. 
  
  Operator of vessel #2 stated to the effect that the two vessels separated and he began to move forward when vessel #1 hit his vessel. 
  
  Investigation revealed that vessel #1 ls New Jersey Fish & Game vessel occupied by Officers. The officers were conducting a Fish and Game check of vessel #2. 
  
  Vessel #1 's port side was tied off to the starboard side of vessel #2. Once the check was completed the two vessels separated and pushed off from each other. Vessel #2 began to proceed forward when the port side bow of vessel #1 drifted into the starboard stern of vessel #2. This was indicated by the damage observed on both vessels. 
  
  I observed a small scratch on the port side bow of vessel #1. I observed a ½ inch gouge in the hull of vessel #2 near the stern on the starboard side. Vessel #1 is equipped with a trolling motor secured to the bow. The propeller of the trolling motor extends past the rail of the vessel and is slightly higher than the deck. I observed a black scuff mark approximately 6 inches long above the rub rail and a gouge ir the rub rail at the stern of vessel #2. The starboard motor of vessel #2 had paint chipping from the engine cover and there is a 1 inch crack in the fiberglass at the rear top end of the cover. The black scuff mark and the damage to the engine cover were caused by contact with the propeller of the trolling motor of vessel #1.