RedactedNarrative:  On April 24, 2016 at approximately 4:20 P.M., Vessel # 1 (LA XXXX XX), a 18 ft. aluminum homemade flat bottom with a hand tiller steered 35 HP Gatortail Outboard was on anchor in Freshwater Bayou along the bank on the West side of the channel.  While fishing somewhere between the 14 and 16 markers, the operator of Vessel #1 Operator1, observed Vessel #2 (Adri Lab US Doc # XXXXXXX) a 145.4 ft. aluminum supply boat with remote steering captained by Captain1 traveling North on Freshwater Bayou towards Intracostal City, LA.  As vessel # 2 approached Vessel #1's location the occupants on board Vessel #1 tried to hail Vessel #2 by waving their arms to try and get them to slow down.  Vessel #2 did not see Vessel #1 and continued traveling Northbound.  As Vessel #2 approached, Operator1 noticed that Vessel #2 did not see them.  Operator1 then pushed off the bank with his foot turning the bow of Vessel # 1 towards the East to better prepare for the incoming waves.  Upon impact, the initial wave came over the bow of Vessel #1 flooding the vessel, and turning the bow starboard, knocking the three (3) occupants onto the deck resulting in Operator1 complaining of back pain and Occupant1 with bruising on her legs and foot.  Subsequent waves then pushed the stern and bottom of the hull of Vessel #1 grounding them on the rocks lining the shoreline leaving Vessel #1 facing Southeast.  Operator1 was able to bail out Vessel #1 and proceeded to Intracostal City, La. to trailer his vessel.  Only Occupant1's daughter, Occupant2, was wearing a PFD during the incident.  Drugs and/or alcohol were not considered to be a contributing factor to this incident.
  A citation, XXXXXXX was written to Captain1 for Careless Operation.
  