RedactedNarrative: Operator of Casper, WY was operating his newly purchased Ranger bass boat on Pathfinder Reservoir early in the morning of Saturday, September 5, 2015. It was the first time Operator had used this boat and he had along passengers. While operating the boat, the wind picked up and the water became very rough. While attempting to operate the boat back to the boat ramp at Bishop Point where they had launched, several waves came over the back of the low freeboard bass boat and swamped it. The boat is filled internally with foam so did not sink even though swamped. 
   
  As waves entered the boat, one person fell overboard. Everyone had been wearing life jackets and were able to swim to shore. While waiting on shore, the boat and their belongings floated to shore where the waves beat them against the rocks. After a couple hours on shore, the four of them were able to flag down a passing fishing boat to give them a ride back to their vehicle at the Bishop Point boat ramp. Operator called the Natrona County Sheriff's Department about his boat. The Sheriff's Department notified Getting that Game and Fish had been informed and were on their way. 
   
  I, Game Warden, was in the area checking fishermen and unrelated to the incident when I noticed Operator waving for my attention. I approached Operator who told me they were the ones who had called. I was unaware of the incident so Operator explained the situation to me. I learned from SALECS dispatch that was en route to the call and coordinated contact with him. I collected information from Operator and I boarded one of the Sheriff's boats to go find and secure the swamped vessel. Upon arrival at the boat, I determined that there was a hole in the starboard signed of the boat where it had been scraped repeatedly against a rock. I documented the vessel with photographs and we tied it to one of the rocks so that it would not float away over the course of the next day or so until the waters calmed enough for Operator to arrange a retrieval. The boat was retrieved later by Operator when the weather calmed enough to allow them to tow it back. The boat had been extensively damaged from beating against the rocks on the shoreline where it was tethered. On September 8, 2015, pictures were taken of the boat after it was removed from the water showing the damage.
   