RedactedNarrative: At 1513 hours Cpl. 2 and I responded to mouth of the Murderkill River/ Delaware Bay where a 19' White and green fiberglass Skeeter vessel with Yamaha 90 Hp Motor, reported taking on water and sinking. Reporting person stated that there were three individuals holding onto the sinking vessel. North and South Bowers fire company and a family member/ owner of the vessel utilizing a jet ski were able to get all three individuals off the sinking vessel and back to shore without injury. I contacted the vessel operator. He stated that he and the occupants Passenger 2, Passenger 1 were all fishing off the vessel. He explained that Passenger 2 was siting in the passenger seat, and Passenger 1 was sitting on the bow of the vessel. They would drift with the out going tide fishing near the Northern Rock Jetty, when they would reach the end of the jetty Operator would operate the vessel back in land against the current. He said they headed back in land mutiple times taking small waves over the bow each time. On one of the trips in they noticed approximately 6 inches of water in the floor of the boat. Operator continued to operate the vessel in the same manor to continue fishing, until the boat started to capsize due to the amount of water in the haul. Operator quit making head way and drifted with the out going tide until the boat submerged enough to make contact with bottom resulting in its final resting place.
  
  Due to the vessel type being a bass boat and not a ideal vessel for bay like conditions, along with the added weight in the bow caused the vessel to take water in over the bow when operating against the tide. This created more overall weight in the haul along with three individuals on board. The negligent operation of the vessel by Operator knowing that the vessel had large amount of water in it, but continued to operate to fish. Resulting in the vessel taking on too much water to remain a float and to sink causing roughly $2200.00 dollors worth of damage.