RedactedNarrative: On May 6, 2017, four subjects were fishing out of LA vessel 4831 BE (vessel 1) on Black Bayou in Caddo Parish.
  
  The four subjects were fishing approximately 100 yard west of Highway 1 on the upper end of Black Bayou.  Vessel 1 is a 12 ft. Ouachita jon boat.  Vessel 1 did not have a motor on it, and according to statements was being paddled.  
  
  At approximately 7  p.m. Vessel 1 capsized, throwing all four subjects into the water.  Three people were able to swim to the bank.  According to statements, Victim struggled in the water, then went below the water line and never resurfaced.  
  
  Operator then went up to Highway 1 and flagged down a motorist that called 911.  Agents with the LDWF, Caddo Marine Patrol and various fire departments responded to the scene and conducted search and rescue efforts with no results.  Search and rescue efforts continued until May 9, 2017, when Victim's deceased body was recovered.  Victim was found in 21 feet of water in close proximity to where the Vessel 1 capsized.  
  
  According to statements by Operator and Occupant1, Occupant1 was standing up in the vessel at the time it capsized.  Occupant2 stated that no one was standing at the time the vessel capsized, but they were "playing" in the vessel which led to the vessel capsizing.  
  
  Vessel 1 was recovered on the night of the incident approximately 400 yards east of the incident location.  It was found capsized and partially sunk.  There were no PFD's recovered, and the three subjects stated they did not have any PFD's when they left to go fishing.  
  
  Vessel 1 is owned by a subject, who stated he leaves the vessel on the bank where the incident took place because he has no way to haul it back and forth to his house.  He stated he usually locks it up with a chain, but it kept getting cut, so he quit locking it up.  He also stated nobody has permission to use the vessel.  
  
  Operator and Occupant2 confirmed that they did not have permission to use the vessel.  Photographs of the vessel were taken that night.  There was no damage to the vessel.  Preliminary autopsy reports indicate that Victim died due to drowning.  A full autopsy and toxicology report are still pending.  
  
  While Operator was the one paddling the vessel, he did not fill out an operator incident report due to his age.  Voluntary witness statements were filled out by all three subjects in the vessel and the owner of the vessel.  In my opinion the contributing factors in this incident are: 1. Overloading, 2. Operator inexperience, and 3. Operator inattention.
  