RedactedNarrative: OPERATOR 1 ADVISED THEY WERE TRAVELING UPSTREAM WHEN ONE OF THE FISHING RODS IN THE BOW OF VESSEL 1 STARTED TO FALL OUT.  THE ROD THEN BECAME TANGLED IN THE WINDSHIELD OF VESSEL 1.  
  
  OPERATOR 1 FOCUSED ON GETTING THE ROD UNTANGLED WHILE OPERATING THE VESSEL AT APPROX. 95% THROTTLE.  OPERATOR 1 DID NOT KEEP A PROPER LOOKOUT DURING THIS ACTION, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO OPERATE TOO CLOSELY TO THE SHORTLINE.  
  
  OPERATOR 1 RETURNED HIS ATTENTION TO OPERATING VESSEL 1 AND OBSERVED HE WAS ABOUT TO CRASH INTO A DOCK.  OPERATOR 1 TOOK EVASIVE ACTION, HOWEVER VESSEL 1 STILL STRUCK THE CORNER POST OF A DOCK.
  
  OPERATOR 1 SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM IMPACTING THE STEERING CONSOLE/WINDSHIELD DURING IMPACT WITH THE DOCK.  VESSEL 1 STARTED TAKING ON WATER AND FLOATED TO A NEARBY DOCK WHERE OPERATOR 1 AND PASSENGER SECURED VESSEL 1 TO THE DOCK AND AWAITED LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVAL.