RedactedNarrative: On the 25th of June 2022, I (GW1) was walking into the Game and Fish Office in Devils lake when I received a phone call from Benson County Deputy about a boat accident that was requiring search and rescue to be dispatched.  The details that came in was that a boat had capsized east of the East Bay boat landing along the opposite shoreline of the boat landing.  Three individuals were accounted for and one was not accounted for.  GW2, GW3, and GW4 were at the Game and Fish office when I arrived, and we immediately hooked up two boats and got them in the water within ten minutes and started heading to the location that was given to us by Devils Lake LEC.  GW2and I were in one boat and GW3 and GW4 were in the other boat.  The wind was blowing approximately 30 mph steady out of the west causing the water to have 4-6ft waves that made it extremely difficult for us to move at any rate of speed without capsizing. We headed to the general location that the individuals were when I saw a red spot along a group of stumps that were sticking out of the water.  We headed over to that location and located 3 individuals that were standing on a shallow sandbar hanging on to a stump that was protruding out of the water.  We made multiple attempts to get close to the group to rescue them but could not get to them based on the water conditions and wind.  We were trying to come up with a plan to get someone out to them to pull them out to the boats when we heard across the radio that Search and Rescue had just launched their rescue boat and were on their way.  We were told initially that there were 4 individuals out in the water so when search and rescue got to our location with their rescue boat and a jet ski and saw the stranded individuals we started to search the area for the 4 person that was still missing.  We could tell that the people that were about to get rescued were pointing east in the direction that the wind was blowing as if to point us in the direction that the 4th individual was located.  We searched as good as we could without damaging or beaching our boat when approximately 30 minutes later the information came across the radio that search and rescue had located all 4 individuals and had them on board and were heading to Ackerman Acres to get the 4 rescued individuals to an ambulance.  I called GWS5 and informed him that the lake was too rough for us to go back to our trailers and that we were going to head to Haybale Heights, and he was going to bring a truck with a trailer to Haybale, so we could shuttle Game Wardens around and get our equipment off of the lake.
  
  Upon arriving at the hospital, employee told me that all 4 individuals were being treated for hypothermia and two of the individuals were getting CT scans.  Employee told me that he informed the ER doctor that I was heading that way so when we walked into the ER she gave me a quick explanation of the severity of their injuries.  The doctor told me that there would be a significant language barrier with two individuals but that the other two individuals that were husband and wife and in the same room spoke English.
  
  Operator stated that they launched the boat at approximately 0700am.  They launched their boat at the East Bay boat launch off of Highway 20.  The headed straight east and fished the shoreline just south of where we rescued them.  They decided that the wind was getting to rough and their boat was starting to take waves over the side of the boat, so they attempted to head back to the boat launch.  Operator was driving and was heading north along the shoreline when he realized that he was too close to shore.  He told me that the wind and the waves kept pushing his boat toward shore, and it got to a point where he hit a stump.  When he hit the first stump the motor started to have mechanical issues.  Then the boat was pushed into another stump which caused the boat to capsize sending all four individuals into the water.  All 4 were wearing their PFD's when they went into the water but all of them were grabbing something else that was floating to better stay above the water.  Operator, Injured 2, and Injured 3 all ended up on a shallow sandbar where they could stand up, but they could see that Injured 4 was floating further east away from them, and they could not get to her.  Operator realized that he had his phone in his pocket and that it still was working, so he had Injured 2 call 911 and that is where we headed out for the recovery
  