RedactedNarrative: On Saturday, July 2, 2022, at approximately 1415 hours, a fatal single vessel incident occurred on Lake Yale, Lake County, Florida. V1, is a 12-foot Vee-hull aluminum vessel of unknown make and year powered by a single 4.5 horsepower outboard engine. 
  
  V1 was occupied by two adult males and was being used to fish a bass tournament. While heading back to the boat ramp a severe lightning and thunderstorm happened making the water extremely choppy. The occupant sitting on the middle seat grabbed the front gunnels putting his weight near the bow of V1. This action caused the bow to dip below the water’s surface and take on water. The bilge pump could not expel this quantity of water and V1 swamped. 
  
  Both males ended up in the water and it is unknown if both could swim. One male was found wearing a PFD and treading water the other went under and did not resurface. A two-day search by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, found the deceased male on July 4, 2022, at 0655 hours.   The victim had drowned.
  