RedactedNarrative: ON JULY 20, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 AM CONSERVATION OFFICER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL REPORTING THEY FOUND A CAPSIZED BOAT BETWEEN MUD LAKE AND JOHN DEERE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER POOL 11.
  OFFICERS THEN CALLED DUBUQUE DISPATCH AND ASKED IF ANYONE HAD REPORTED A BOAT ACCIDENT. DUBUQUE DISPATCH INFORMED THAT OPERATOR 1 HAD CAPSIZED HIS BOAT SATURDAY MORNING, 7/18/2020.
  V1 REPORTED THAT HE HAD STRUCK A ROCK PILE SATURDAY MORNING, 7/18/2020  AND HIS BOAT SANK AS A RESULT OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SUSTAINED. V1 REPORTED THAT HE WAS MOTORING OUT OF MUD LAKE THROUGH SHALLOW WATER USING THE TROLLING MOTOR. WHEN HE REACHED DEEPER WATER HE INCREASED SPEED TO PUT HIS BOAT UP ON PLANE AND STRUCK A SUBMERGED ROCK PILE. AFTER THE IMPACT, V1 STATED THAT HE WAS GROUNDED ON THE ROCK PILE BUT HE WAS ABLE TO SHOVE THE BOAT OFF IT INTO DEEPER WATER. V1 STATED HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR NO LONGER WORKED SO HE RIED TO USE HIS TROLLING MOTOR TO GET BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP. V1 MADE IT ABOUT A HALF MILE UPSTREAM WHEN HIS BOAT FILLED WITH WATER AND SANK. V1 STATED THAT A BOAT PASSING BY STOPPED AND GAVE HIM A RIDE BACK TO THE BOAT RAMP JUST BEFORE HIS BOAT SANK COMPLETELY. V1 REPORTED THAT NEWT MARINE WAS GOING TO RECOVER THE BOAT THAT MORNING.
  OFFICERSS THEN WENT TO MUD LAKE AND LAUNCHED HIS BOAT AND TRAVELED DOWN STREAM AND LOCATED THE SUNKEN BOAT. OFFICERS WAS ABLE TO OBSERVED THE REGISTRATION NUMBER WAS WS 1141UG. A SHORT TIME LATER NEWT MARINE ARRIVED WITH A CRANE ON A BARGE AND LIFTED THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER ONTO THE BARGE. ONCE THE BOAT WAS ON THE BARGE OFFICERS PHOTOGRAPHED THE BOAT AND FOUND SCRATCHES ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE HULL AND THE AREA NEAR THE DRAIN PLUG WAS DAMAGED AND TWO OF THE FITTINGS WERE BROKEN OFF WHICH ALLOWED THE BOAT TO FILL WITH WATER.
  