RedactedNarrative: On 07/26/2015 at 1647, operator who was operating a 18' Charger bass boat said that his boat was taking on water so he turned on a bilge pump and headed to shore. Operator said that when he got to the no wake zone he slowed down and the front of the boat dipped down and went under water rolling the boat. Operator said that everyone on board was wearing life jacket and was able to get off the boat and swim to shore. See his statement attached. 
   
  I asked Operator how many people he had on his boat and he said 10 total. I asked Operator if he had a preference for a tow and he said no. Motion Tow responded to the scene and was able to recover the vessel that was floating upside down from the river. Motion Tow rolled the boat back up right at their yard , where I photographed it and was unable to find an occupancy plate to tell me how many people were allowed on the boat. I measured the boat at 6'3' wide and 18'10" long. I did the equation on the measurements and it shows that its occupancy should have been a maximum of 7.2 people. Being overloaded was a contributing factor in this crash. 
   
  Speaking to subject who witnessed the crash, he said that he watched the boat coming in way overloaded and slowing down quick before the no wake zone causing the nose of the boat to dip down and go under water rolling the boat. See the attached statement. I later located Operator and issued him a citation for overloading a vessel per Idaho Code 87-7022
   