O1 called in reporting that he was operating his pwc on the wisconsin river, and his pwc sunk. He stated that he and his wife (on different pwc's) drove the river from lake wisconsin up to the wisconsin dells. While traveling back down river, he noticed his pwc seemed to be taking on water. He checked that the plug was still in his pwc, and confirmed it was. He stated they attempted to tie a rope to his sinking pwc to tow it back home, but were unable to do so. He stated he climbed on his wifes pwc and his pwc sunk into the river. He estimated he last saw his pwc around 0.5 - 1 mile down river from the highway 33 bridge at portage. The river was extremely high with very strong current at the time of the incident but is not considered a contributing factor at this time. The pwc was recovered on 4/18/23. He determined the exhaust hose came loose causing the pwc to take on water.
Wisconsin River
Caledonia                     