RedactedNarrative: In late October, I was made aware of a boat accident that occurred at El Dorado Reservoir through my supervisors via an email chain.  In the emails, Operator stated he had an accident of $9800 on Labor Day and was concerned about the safety of the lake due to the lack of bouys marking all the submerged trees.  I made contact with Operator by phone in early November and asked if we could meet to discuss the boating accident as a report needed to be made.  Operator advised he would be out of state for most of the month and would contact me when he returned.  Operator contacted me at the end of November and I advised I would contact him when I had time due to the deer season.  
  
  On 12/16/17 I made contact with Operator by phone and set up a meeting time for 12/19/17 at 0900 hours.  I asked Operator if he had the boat or if it was in a shop.  Operator advised he had the boat back and repairs had been made through Shady Creek Marina and Midwest Boats.  I contacted Midwest boats and asked about the damage and was advised a 6 inch hole had punctured the bottom of the boat and there was 4 feet worth of damage around the hole which didn''t go through.  I was also told there was damage to the I/O unit and propeller and the total damages was $9800.  
  
  On 12/19/17 at 0900 hours I made contact with Operator at his residence.  I asked Operator to describe the accident and was told the following.  Operator was on the boat with his wife and friends and had been tubing earlier in the day.  Operator decided to show his friends the rock quarry area and traveled to the north part of the lake.  Operator described a well known route to the rock quarry in which you need to drive through a channel of trees to the NE of sail boat cove.  
  
  Operator stated he had watched 2 other boats go through the channel and thought he was following in the same path when he felt the boat strike something under the water.  Operator stated he was going around 20mph when he hit the object which he felt was a submerged tree.  Operator stated he continued to the rock quarry and shut off the engine of the boat and noticed a large amount of water going out the side of the boat through the bilge pump.  Operator then stated he lifted up the compartment for the water skis and saw it was full of water.  Operator then took the boat and returned under power to the boat ramp and took the boat off the water.  I collected the information for the report and talked to Operator about the requirements of a boat owner to report a boat accident when it occurs.  Operator was issued a written warning for failure to report a boat accident.
  