RedactedNarrative: On Sunday, October 12, 2014 at approximately 6:00 PM, OFFicers were contacted by the FWC's helicopter pilot for the South Region, who informed us that he located an unoccupied, partially submerged vessel just south of Soldiers key in southern Miami Dade County. Lt. managed to contact the registered owner's husband who in turn put us in contact with subject who had borrowed the vessel earlier in the day for a day on the water with two friends. Operator1 agreed to meet us where the vessel was located. According to Operator1, he was fishing approximately 1 mile east of Soldiers Key when a large wave swamped the stern of the vessel. As a result of the water rushing into the vessel, the battery shorted out subsequently making the bilge pump inoperative. Operator1 went on to say that the vessel began to sink leaving the vessel only partially above the water line. A commercial lobster vessel  picked up Operator1 and his two friends and transported them to land.