RedactedNarrative: On May 22, 2020 at approximately 05:15, I Officer with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, received a call from Venice Police Department about a rental pontoon boat that belonged to Marine Max Marina had been in an accident. I drove to Marine Max Marina of Venice to meet with the operator and the owner of the vessel to conduct a boating accident investigation. 
  
  	As I spoke with the operator of the vessel he told me that he was distracted looking at other vessels on the water and struck channel marker 55 on the front left of the boat, as you are facing it. The location of the channel marker is in Little Sarasota Bay.  He then explained that he checked the damages and boated back to Marine Max of Venice. At this time, I inspected the damages of the vessel and asked for a sworn statement. After receiving the statement, I cited him for violation of Navigational Rule #5, Improper look-out. 
  
  	Upon Inspecting the channel marker 55 and the channel markers around them I did not notice any real damage to any of them. I was informed that the estimated damages done to the vessel are estimated to be about $5,000. This concludes my investigation.
  