RedactedNarrative: Due to the type of accident and lack of evidence to what had occurred, actual events are not known. We found victim’s boat and upon examination we discovered the victims plug knocker fully extended and hanging from the power cord of the trolling motor.  We additionally found a fishing pole that had a broken line laying in the floor of the boat.  Muddy slide marks were also found on the port side of the gunwale. 
  
   After completion of my investigation I have determined that Victim went bassfishing early in the afternoon and had traveled to an area of the lake (Elm Hill Recreation Area) where he had fished multiple times in the past.  It appears that Victim had hung up one of his lures in the water.  He extended the plug knocker that he had in the boat, and in an attempt to free up his lure with the plug knocker, he fell into the water and was unsuccessful in his attempts to climb back into the boat.  Victim was not wearing a lifejacket and he did not know how to swim.