RedactedNarrative: ON AUGUST 14TH, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1428 HOURS I, INDIANA CONSERVATION OFFICER, WAS ADVISED BY WABASH CENTRAL DISPATCH ABOUT A SINKING BOAT ON MISSISSINEWA RESERVOIR.  WABASH CENTRAL DISPATCH SAID THE BOAT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN PEARSON MILL BOAT RAMP AND RED BRIDGE.     
     
  AT APPROXIMATELY 1503 HOURS, I LOCATED THE SUNKEN BOAT AND TALKED WITH THE BOAT OWNER.  HE SAID AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS HE LAUNCHED HIS BOAT ON THE MISSISSINEWA RESERVOIR.  He OPERATED THE BOAT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN ANCHORED THE BOAT TO SWIM.  Operator SAID HE SWAM FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES.  HE PULLED THE ANCHOR AND THEN ATTACHED HIS BOAT TO TWO OTHER BOATS THAT WERE ANCHORED NEAR HIM.  WHILE HE WAS TYING HIS BOAT TO THE OTHER BOATS, A CHILD STEPPED ON THE BACK OF HIS BOAT AND WATER STARTED TO COME OVER THE REAR OF THE BOAT.  Operator NOTICED THE BACK PART OF HIS BOAT APPEARED TO BE SINKING SO HE TRIED TO START THE ENGINE.  THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START SO THE BOAT WAS PULLED TO THE NEAREST SHORE SO IT WOULD NOT SINK COMPLETELY.  
  
  Operator SAID HE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING WITH THE BOAT, AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT WAS USED THIS YEAR.  I TOOK PICTURES OF THE BOAT (ATTACHED) AND WAS INFORMED BY Operator THAT THE PLUG WAS IN THE BOAT.  
  
  AUGUST 15TH 2021
  
  AT APPROXIMATELY 1136 HOURS he ADVISED ME HE RETRIEVED THE BOAT FROM THE WATER.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 I MET WITH him AT MIAMI BOAT RAMP AND I LOOKED OVER THE BOAT.  IT APPEARED TO NOT HAVE ANY DAMAGE ON THE HULL (BOTTOM) OF THE BOAT.