RedactedNarrative: 7/5/2021
  At approxlimalty 0930 hours, I, Game Warden, was on regular patrol at Lake Mead NRA when I received a Phone call from NPS dispatch.  I was informed that a vessel had ran aground near Boat House Cove in the Virgin Basin of Lake Mead.  I was informed that the incident had occurred the night before and there were no injuries.   I had Warden Trainee with me in ride along status.   I then operated my Patrol boat to the area, arriving at approximately 1015 hours.  Upon arriving I could see the boat was about 6 feet out of the water on a sand bar which was sparsely strewn with rocks.  I asked if anyone needed medical attention and they told me no one was injured.  I could see two individuals.  One male and one female.  The male was identified as the operator and owner of the vessel.  The Female was a passenger and was Identified as passenger.  I contacted operator and asked him to explain to me what had happened.  
  Operator explained to me that he and passenger had left Las Vegas Boat Harbor at approximately 1900 hours to travel out to Temple Bar to watch some fireworks they had heard about.  They made it there, watched the fireworks and then departed after dark to go back to Las Vegas Boat Harbor.  During the return trip it was dark.  Operator explained to me that he thought he was in the middle of the lake as he was traveling from navigation light to navigation light.   He told me he was traveling somewhere between 15 and 20 MPH when the boat came to an abrupt stop.  He told me it startled him as he did not think he was any where near land.  He told me they had cell service, so he tried to get help that night, but NPS said they had no one to send.  
  They had food and water and a cabin to sleep in so NPS said they would send someone when it was morning.  Soon after I arrived Tow Boat US arrived on scene.  I took photographs of damages to the vessel.   I also checked for safety gear and found that they had all safety gear as required by law.  Tow Boat US attempted to pull him off the beach but were unsuccessful.  
  I took photographs of the damage.  There were scratches in the fiberglass that extended most of the length of the boat.  There was deep penetrating scratches on the port/Stern side of the boat.  This deep scratch was about2 feel long.  There was also broken metal on the anti-cavitation plate.  I Estimated the damages to the fiberglass to be right around 2000.00 and another couple thousand to the External components of the I/O motor assembly. 
  I took all their information for the report and then remined in the area as Tow Boat US attempted to tow the boat off the shore.  They were unable to and both occupants of the vessel then got on the Tow Boat US vessel to be transported back to Las Vegas Boat Harbor.