RedactedNarrative: On September 3, 2022 at 9:14am I received a call, from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Region 1 Dispatch, in reference to a boating accident.  Dispatch advised that O1 had sunk his vessel in the Obion River near the mouth of the Mississippi River on the Dyer/Lauderdale County, TN line.  Dispatch advised that operator was uninjured and another person gave him a ride back to Ed Jones Boat Ramp in Lauderdale County, TN.
  	I, Wildlife Officer, spoke with O1 on the phone and he said he was on his way to his residence, that he was uninjured and told me the location of the vessel.  Wildlife Manager and I went to the location of the sunken vessel.  The vessel was mostly under water with a portion of the starboard side sticking up out of the water.  The vessel was also tied to a log nearby.  There were several personal flotation devices, boat fenders and seat cushions floating near the shoreline.  We took photographs of the vessel and collected his belongings that we could.
  	We then went to his residence and spoke with him about the incident.  O1 said that he was traveling upriver on the Mississippi River when he felt like his motor was bogging down.  He said he then turned right into the Obion River and the motor starting being really loud and running bad.  He said he raised the engine cover and noticed water coming into the vessel.  He said he steered over to the bank and tied the vessel up.  He said two men in a fishing vessel came into the Obion River and assisted him from his vessel as it was sinking.  He initially did not know what caused the water to come into the vessel.  O1 called me a few hours after I left his residence and said he found the vessel plug in his pocket and realized he left it out, which caused it to fill up with water.