RedactedNarrative: Vessel 1 was operating in the channel from 3rd to 4th lake traveling at about 5mph. A 10 year old child was bow riding as the vessel was moving. Another child (age 6) went to go from inside seating area of the pontoon boat to the bow where he tripped and fell off the front of the boat into the water. The child went under the boat and surfaced behind the vessel. The operator of v1 immediately jumped off the boat, into the water, and grabbed a hold of the child. Operator was able to hold the child out of the water until both were pulled from water by patrol boat. Child sustained minor injury and parents signed off treatment with EMS. Three children under the age of 12 were on board vessel at time of accident without life jackets on.