RedactedNarrative: On 8-3-15 I received a report of a boat that had sunk on 8-1-15. I called the complainant. Operator advised that he had been fishing on Deep Cr. Lake with his girlfriend when his boat took on water and sank. I asked why they had not called the day of the incident and he advised that they had tried.  
  
   Operator had bought the boat in Michigan last weekend. It is a 18’ Sunkist. It had a 454 Chevy big block motor with the exhaust pipes over the stern. This was his first trip out with the boat. Operator had paid $8000.00 for the boat and he did not have any insurance on it.  
  
   Operator advised that he was in the middle of the lake out from the State Park Docks across from Bill’s Gas Docks. They had left the Silver Tree Docks and stopped to fish. They then cruised further north to the location the boat sank. He advised that they were fishing when he noticed water in the back of the boat. He went to start the vessel and that is when it sank. Operator, when asked, advised that he had not been drinking. 
  
   I spoke with the passenger on the vessel. She advised that they had launched the boat from the State Park Ramp. Operator had taken the boat to their hotel dock while she drove their vehicle back to the hotel. She advised that the boat had been docked and was floating when they went to the docks. They went to the center of the lake and started to fish. She advised that she thought the boat was low in the stern and when she looked back there was water in the bottom of the boat. She said about that time the water poured over the stern and the bow went up in the air and sank quickly.  
  
   I asked passenger if they had been drinking at the time of the accident. She advised that they were not. She said she wanted to take some beverages with them but Operator was in a rush to use his new boat.  
  
   The couple was picked up by a larger boat and neither remember the names or got a number for the people who helped them. They had used a type 4 PFD to stay afloat due to the other safety equipment sinking with the boat. I spoke to the employees at Bill's Gas Docks and no one there heard or saw anything.  
  
   Officer in Washington County is going to interview Operator and that report will be attached in a supplement. Cpl. will use the sonar and attempt to locate the vessel.
   