RedactedNarrative: On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, I, Game Warden was notified via phone by State Park Ranger that there had been a single vessel boat accident on Lahontan and that the vessel was sinking. I responded in my patrol boat to the area of the Narrows where the reported accident had happened. State Park Rangers were already on scene and had the two male occupants of the sinking vessel on their patrol boat when I arrived. I observed the bow of an 18'' Tracker Targa bearing NV 7491KZ on the shoreline, with approximately half of the vessel under water. 
  
  The occupants of the swamped vessel were able to maneuver the boat to a shallow cove located on the south side of the Narrows and safely beach the vessel, so it wouldn’t fully sink. I collected verbal and written statements from both individuals. Operator told me that they had been out fishing on lake since 6:30 am that morning and had decided to start heading back to the Silver Springs launch ramp due to worsening weather conditions. The two men described very windy conditions and very choppy water when the accident occurred. Wind was strong to the North East. Water had approximately 2-3'' swells. Operator told me that he was cruising at approximately 18 miles per hour (to keep on plane and prevent water splashing) through the Narrows along the North shoreline.
  
  Operator told me that he had a large dip net stored vertically in one the rod holders mounted by the helm, and due to the wind speed, he was worried that the dip net would rip off the rod holder. Operator decided to try and remove the net from the holder while still under way. When Operator removed his hands from the steering wheel to remove the net, a combination of the vessels speed, wind speed/direction and waves allowed the vessel to change directions abruptly towards the rocky shoreline. Operator did not have enough time to respond and change course of direction before the vessel ran aground on the North shoreline. 
  
  The starboard side of the bow made impact first, making the boat yaw to the port side slightly, allowing the starboard side of the vessel to impact the rocks along the shoreline. The two occupants were able to push the vessel off the rocks and back into the channel, unable to tell the true scope of the damage. Once in the channel, that is when the boat began to swamp. Operator then maneuvered to the cove to safely beach the boat. The keel at the bow was severely dented as well as the plastic guard ripped away. Several deep scrapes were observed along the starboard side of the hull. Approximately 10ft from the bow, a 5-inch puncture on the bottom of the hull allowed water to swamp the vessel. The lower unit and prop also impacted rocks along the shoreline.
  
  Neither occupant suffered any injuries during the accident, neither occupant had consumed any alcohol during the day. All the required safety equipment was on the vessel at the time of the accident.