RedactedNarrative: O1 was fishing with P1 and P2 in front of the intakes on Lake Oahe. O1 knew the weather was going to pick up. As O1 started heading back towards the ramp, P1 hooked into a nice size northern pike. O1 put the motor into idle, causing the motor to die. O1 was not able to get the motor back running. O1 put down his trolling motor and started making his way towards the dam face so that if the wind did pick up like it was supposed to they could make it to shore. The wind ended up picking up too soon and they could not complete the last quarter mile to the ramp. they beached their boat on the rocks for safety reasons and planned on riding out the storm. The winds picked up to over fifty miles an hour causing the boat to take on water and damage to the hull.