RedactedNarrative: Operator reported that on 07/07/2018 at approx. 6:00 PM CST, his 16 ft. fishing boat was sitting in his boat slip on Nolin lake and began taking on water.  Operator stated his bilge pump operated for a short time, but then quit, he tried to get the bilge pump operating again but could not.  Operator then attempted to move his boat, in an effort to get it on the trailer.  Operator backed his vessel out of the slip and do to it already having water in it, the stern dropped below the water line which swamped the vessel and then it sank.
  
  At the time vessel sank, Operator was about 15 feet from his boat slip at Sunset Harbor.  He was alone on the vessel when it sank. Depth of lake at this point is about 30 feet according to Operator.
  
  Operator did not notify KDFWR of the accident until the next day (07/08/2018), at which time I began the accident report. 
  
  Operator did recover the boat a few days after the accident and determined that a hole in the hull of the boat caused the leak and ultimately the vessel to sink.
  