RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, June 28, 2020 at approximately 1750, while patrolling Allatoona Lake in Bartow County by vessel, Game Warden s received a call from Georgia State Patrol dispatch stating that a rental vessel was damaged from a renter at Park Marina.  
  
  	GW and I arrived on scene at Park Marina at approximately 1800.   After we arrived there, we spoke with several of the workers who stated that the renter called them stating they lost the propeller and needed someone to tow them in from near Atlanta Ski Club.  When they got to the vessel, they saw that the lower unit had been sheered off from hitting something below the water.  They then towed Subject and his passengers into Park Marina.  Once back, one of the managers stated they needed to report the damage to DNR due to the extent of the damage to the 2018 Bayliner with a 175 Mercury Verado motor, Georgia Registration GA 2903 SJ, rental number PM876.  I photographed the damage to motor and the rental office provided me with Subject’s information and phone number.  
  
  	I called Subject, who stated that he was the one who rented the Bayliner and was operating it all day.  He stated that he was towing his dad on a tube in a cove near Atlanta Ski Club.  They were on their third pass between the island and the cove across from it.  He said they had just made a u-turn past a yellow sign that said proceed with caution: rock hazard and were heading out of the cove when they struck something below the water.  Subject said no one was injured and that he was going approximately 15-20 mph when they struck the object, he believed to be a rock or log.  He said that he immediately called Park Marina and informed them of what happened and got a tow back there.  
  
  	On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, I spoke with Park Marina about the estimate to replace the lower unit.  He said that their estimate for parts and labor is $4,500 to replace the lower unit.