RedactedNarrative: ON 06-19-2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:56 PM, I WAS NOTIFIED BY KEWAUNEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OF A SINKING BOAT ON LAKE MICHIGAN OFF OF THE CITY OF KEWAUNEE. THEY ADVISED ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY ANOTHER ANGLER AND WERE BEING TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE CITY LAUNCH. I LOADED MY BOAT AND BEGAN TRAVELING TO KEWAUNEE. KEWAUNEE COUNTY ADVISED ME THAT ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS HAD CALLED 911 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:31 AM, WHILE THE BOAT WAS SINKING. USCG SHEBOYGAN LOCATED THE SINKING BOAT AND INFORMED ME IT WAS IN APPROXIMATELY 87 FEET OF WATER AT LOCATION 44 24.70' N / -87 27.98' W. THEY STATED THE BOAT WAS SINKING AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO TOW IT. I WAS LATER TOLD BY SECTOR MILWAUKEE THAT THE BOAT HAD NOT SUNK BUT WAS CAPSIZED AND STILL ADRIFT.
  UPON SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER/OPERATOR AT HIS RESIDENCE LATER THAT DAY, HE STATED THEY HAD WAITED UNTIL MID-MORNING FOR THE WIND TO LAY DOWN BEFORE THEY LAUNCHED THEIR BOAT. THEY WERE SETTING LINES TO SALMON FISH WHEN HE REALIZED THE BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER. HE ATTEMPTED TO START HIS MAIN MOTOR BUT IT DID NOT START. HE STATED THE PLUG WAS DEFINITELY IN AND THEY DID NOT TAKE ON ANY WAVES. HE STATED HE HAS HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH THE LIVE WELL OVERFLOWING BECAUSE OF A FAULTY OVERFLOW PIPE. WE DEDUCED THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE BOAT TAKING ON WATER. THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THE BOAT TOOK ON WATER OVER THE TRANSOM WHILE MULTIPLE OCCUPANTS WERE STANDING IN THE STERN SETTING UP FISHING LINES. THE OWNER STATED THE BOAT DOES SIT VERY LOW IN THE STERN. I CONFIRMED THEY DID NOT TAKE ON ANY WAVES THAT WOULD HAVE FILLED THE BOAT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I INFORMED OWNER HE HAD 30 DAYS TO REMOVE THE BOAT AND HAD 10 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE ACCIDENT REPORT.
  ON 06-20-2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 08:02 PM, I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM OWNER'S SON THAT THE BOAT HAD BEEN RECOVERED AND PULLED OUT OF THE WATER WITHOUT INCIDENT. OWNER'S SON CONFIRMED HE FOUND THE DRAIN PLUG AND THE LIVE WELL STAND PIPE WERE IN PLACE.