RedactedNarrative: According to the operator he and his friend left from plymouth city ramp to fish in a bass tournament. They planned to go to the hamilton area on the roanoke river. About 4.6 miles down from the williamston access area.  While on plane operator stated that he struck an object in the river and the engine reved up.  
  
  He thought the propeller had spun, which caused the boat not to move under engine power. They started to fish their way back down river using the trolling motor. About 45 minutes later subject told operator that water was in the boat. At that point operator turned the boat towards the martin county shoreline in order to beach it. 
  
  By the time they crossed the river the whole back of the boat was under water. As they got to the bank the boat rolled over. They were able to pull the bow of the boat up on shore and tie it to a tree. At this point they called a friend that was fishing in the area for assistance.  The only thing visible was about 5 to 6 feet of the hull while the rest of the boat and engine were under water.  Both of them were wearing a type iii inflatable pfd when they struck the object in the river.
  