RedactedNarrative: On 9/03/2022, at approximately 8:30 AM, I Sr. Agent employed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division was notified by LDWF Dispatch of a boat accident on Black Lake Hosston. I made contact with Operator, through phone conversation who stated that he hit a tree with his vessel and that he wanted to make a boat accident report for insurances purposes. I asked Operator if there were any injuries and he said no. 
  
  I then instructed Operator to meet me at the public boat launch for Black Lake Hosston.  I proceeded to the boat launch along with Sgt., and Agt. and made contact with the operator of the. Operator was operating 17ft Stratos fiberglass fishing boat during the accident. There were three people on board including Operator that consisted of two juveniles and one adult being Operator, all of which were wearing PFD’s and in seats facing the bow of the boat. 
  
  Operator stated he was traveling around 25-30 (MPH) and was going around a corner to the left and hit a patch of grass in the water when it turned the boat 90° and ran into some trees. Operator’s vessel sustained the following damage: Multiple large cracks with scratches on the bow starboard side above and below the gunwale with broken rub railing. On the port side, the vessel sustained one scuffmark at the bow of the boat above the gunwale with broken rub railing.  After talking with everyone involved and obtaining voluntary written statements from each it is my opinion that the contributing factors are: 1. Excessive Speed, 2. Operator Inexperience, 3. Sharp Turn. After going out and reviewing the area where the accident happened I believe it could have been avoided if the operator had slowed his rate of speed during the turn and had more knowledge of the area of the lake he was at, with the amount of vegetation in the channel. There were no injuries during the accident and no drugs or alcohol were suspected.
  