RedactedNarrative: Vessel was being operated on Ute Lake for fishing/trolling activities. The operator and occupants realized that the boat was taking on water, the boat quickly began to sink and the vessel nor occupants had enough time to bail the water out. There were no injuries to operator or occupants, each occupant grabbed their PFD's which were on board, put them on and bailed out of the boat safely. Each person swam safety to the shoreline with their PFD's on, the shoreline was approximately 30 yards away. The sunken vessel was recovered on October 10, 2015. End of report.
   It is unknown why the vessel started taking on water.