RedactedNarrative: On March 31st, 2022, Tennessee Wildlife Officers responded to the Vincent Road access area on Chickamauga Lake for the reports of an observed vessel floating with just to bow of the vessel sticking up from the water. When officers arrived on scene the vessel was removed from the water and the registered owner of the vessel was found to have been safe and unharmed. Officers interviewed the owner and he had advised that he was fishing in the area the night before. As he began to try to load his bass boat on the trailer at what he estimated to be near 2100 hours the wind made it too difficult to load on the boat ramp. He stated that he would try loading the vessel at a close by ramp that was in a cove and would be sheltered from the wind. Once they started heading to the other ramp the engine on the boat died and the high winds with high waves caused water to come over the stern of the vessel. The vessel had taken on too much water and was beginning to sink when the two occupants on board jumped into the water and swam to shore. Both the occupants were wearing their life jackets at the time of the incident. The incident occurred in Hamilton County.