RedactedNarrative: On 2-28-2018 at approximately 2:55pm I, Cpl. received a call from DNR Communications in reference to a subject in the water.  The Communications center advised a subject was in the water near the Downs Park fishing pier which is located on the Chesapeake Bay.  I, along with others responded to the area by vessel.  Once on scene I was advised the subject was transported for possible hypothermia.   
  
     At 4:27pm I arrived at BWMC to interview Operator1, who was alert and conscious.  Operator1 stated he launched his green 10' Ascend kayak from the kayak launch area at Downs Park to do some fishing.  Operator1 advised he dropped anchor near the end of the pier and dropped something in the water.  As he was trying to retrieve that item a wave strike the side of the kayak causing it to overturn.  Operator1 stated he tried several times to flip the kayak back upright but the anchor would not allow it.  At that time Operator1 hung onto the kayak for approximately 1 hour and waited for somebody to see him in the water.  Operator1 advise he has had the kayak for 2 years and has been out on it regularly.  Operator1 was wearing a Type 3 life jacket at the time of the accident. 
  
      Operator1 was admitted to BWMC for 24 hours for observation do to his body temperature was low degrees upon arrival.  
  
      His kayak and vehicle was secured at Downs Park by Anne Arundel County Park Rangers.  I had DNR Communications contact Anne Arundel County Police Eastern District and notify them that his vehicle will remain in the park over night.   
  
  
      All events occurred in Anne Arundel County, MD.