RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, May 27, 2019 at approximately 4:00 p.m., a call came out in regards to a sunken vessel on Clinton Lake near Clinton State Park east boat ramp. When the call came out, Officers were on a vessel stop on the West side of the lake. Officers were dealing with a vessel short on life jackets and escorting them to the marina at the time of incident. Officer2 took the call and advised that the subjects were no longer in danger and had been picked up by another vessel and taken to shore. Officers completed the stop at the marina and went en route to the east boat ramp. 
  
  Upon arrival, Officer1 made contact with Operator and subject1. The two individuals stated that their bass boat had sunk near the no wake buoy as they were returning to the boat ramp. The two had been fishing near the dam and had stated they had been knocked into the dam rocks prior to heading to shore. Officer1 asked if they had punched a hole in the vessel in doing so and they were unsure. Officer1 advised them that officers would attempt to tow the vessel in towards shore to eliminate the safety hazard of it being beneath the water line of the lake. Officer1 hooked a rope onto the bow eye, that was located approximately a foot underwater. The vessel was then towed in to the boat ramp. Due to the boat being upside down, several individuals assisted Operator and subject1 flip the vessel over enough to get it back onto the trailer for them. Officer1 took pictures of the bottom and side of the vessel and did not locate any clearly visible holes or gouges from the boat hitting the rocks. Once asked how the incident happened again, the subjects stated that the water had originally come over the rear of the vessel and swamped the back of the boat. They stated that they thought the motor was maybe a little too heavy. Upon inspection, Officer1 noted that the vessel had fuel tanks capable of holding approximately 18 gallons of gas and two batteries in the rear of the vessel. Due to the weight of the motor, fuel tanks, batteries and the individuals in the rear of the vessel, Officer1 believes the weight in the rear in combination with the slightly choppy waters and vessel operation may have been a possible cause of the incident. When speaking to Operator on June 2, 2018, he stated that at the exact time of the incident he had just had the vessel in reverse and that he stopped the vessel and that''s when the waves came over the rear. He also stated that he had moderate experience driving vessels and that his experience was near 100 hours in his lifetime.The diagram above shows the direction of travel of the vessel and exact location when it  became submerged. Photo number 8 isn''t listed due to it being unable to upload the file. The photo consisted of the KA numbers on the side of the vessel. If needed, the photo can be received from Officer1. 
  
  ** Damage listed for accident is referencing the boat and boat motor. After speaking with the owner, he stated that there was additional approximately $1000 worth of equipment inside the vessel that was loss including fishing poles, tackle, and fish finder.