RedactedNarrative: THE OPERATOR WAS OUT FISHING ON LOON LAKE AND OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE HE SAW GLISTENING COMING FROM THE DECK OF HIS BOAT.  AT THAT POINT, HE BECAME AWARE THAT HIS BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER. HE WENT TO GO LOOK AT HIS BATTERY BOX AND THE WATER WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES ABOVE HIS BATTERY.  AFTER HE STARTED HIS BOAT, HE RAN HIS BILGE PUMP TO BEGIN DRAINING WATER AND HE PROCEEDED TO OPERATE TOWARDS SHORE. AFTER PUTTING THE BOAT IN GEAR, THE WATER SHIFTED CAUSING THE BOW TO RISE OUT OF THE WATER.  AFTER OBSERVING HIS TROLLING MOTOR WAS STILL ENGAGED AND NOT SECURED, HE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO PULL HIS TROLLING MOTOR OUT OF THE WATER.  THE OPERATOR FAILED TO PUT THE BOAT BACK IN NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE CUT OFF LANYARD BROKE APART AND DID NOT SUCCESSFULLY KILL THE MOTOR LEAVING IT IN GEAR. AFTER PULLING THE MOTOR OUT OF THE WATER, THE BOAT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN, KNOCKING THE OPERATOR OUT OF THE BOAT, AS THE BOAT WAS STILL IN GEAR. THE OPERATOR SWAM AS HARD AS HE COULD WHILE HIS BOAT WAS MOVING IN A CLOCKWISE CIRCLE.  THE OPERATOR MADE IT TO SHORE AND WATCHED THE BOAT DOING CIRCLES FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. ONCE THE BOAT GOT CLOSER TO SHORE IT HIT A ROCK AND BEACHED ITSELF.  ONCE BEACHED THE OPERATOR WAS ABLE TO OPERATE IT BACK TO HIS TRAILER WITH THE TROLLING MOTOR.  THE OPERATOR WAS NOT INJURED.