RedactedNarrative: AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 ON 8/22/2020, CONSERVATION OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED BY A FISHERMAN OF A CAPSIZED BOAT DOWNSTREAM OF THE HUFF-WARNER ACCESS WHICH IS WEST OF BLENCOE IN MONONA COUNTY IOWA. THE FISHERMAN ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS NEAR THE BOAT AND ADDED THAT IT HAD SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. CONSERVATION OFFICERS CONTACTED MONONA COUNTY DISPATCH TO INQUIRE ABOUT ANY REPORTED ACCIDENTS. COINCIDENTALLY, MONONA COUNTY DISPATCH WAS ON THE PHONE WITH OPERATOR 1 AND PROVIDED CONSERVATION OFFICERS WITH HIS CONTACT INFORMATION.
  CONSERVATION OFFICERS MET 3 OF THE 4 OCCUPANTS, INCLUDING THE OWNER, AT THE HUFF-WARNER ACCESS TO GATHER DETAILS ON THE ACCIDENT, TAKE PHOTOS, AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO REMOVE THE VESSEL FROM THE RIVER. OPERATOR 1 STATED THAT THEY WERE TRAVELING UPSTREAM AT 50-55 MPH, GOT TOO CLOSE TO SHORE, AND OVER-CORRECTED CAUSING THE VESSEL TO HIT PILINGS AND THE SHORELINE. THE VESSEL ROLLED AND EJECTED ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS. THEY WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSING BOAT AND TAKEN TO A NEARBY CAMPGROUND WHERE THEY MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT AUTHORITIES WITH A BORROWED PHONE. EACH OCCUPANT INDICATED THAT NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL WERE USED. THREE OF THE FOUR OCCUPANTS ADVISED THAT THEY WERE WEARING PFD. THEY ADDED THAT ALL OF THEIR BELONGINGS WERE IN THE VESSEL AND ASKED OFFICERS IF THEY COULD RETRIEVE ANY OF IT. OFFICERS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD PICK UP ANY VALUABLES THAT COULD BE RETRIEVED SAFELY. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO PICK UP MULTIPLE PFD, A YETI 105 COOLER, A BACKPACK, TWO GOLF CLUBS, A BOX OF GOLF TEES, AND SEVERAL SETS OF KEYS.
  ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE WITH STOCKTON TOWING TO RETRIEVE THE VESSEL. WHEN MOVING THE VESSEL, A LARGE NUMBER OF BEER CANS AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY BEGAN FLOATING DOWN RIVER. ALL OF THE CANS WERE OBSERVED TO BE FULL. ONE EMPTY BEER CAN WAS LOCATED IN THE VESSEL. THE WHISKEY BOTTLE WAS NOT RETRIEVED. THE VESSEL WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER AND HELD BY STOCKTON TOWING. END OF REPORT