Boat aground and sinking, Marco Island

Sometimes running up on plane helps if the conditions are right. For instance heading east on the bank out of cat cat there is a shallow area about 6 or 7 Nm with about 6’ MLW. All flat sand, no coral.

at dead low tide, a boat with a 5’ draft will squat at hull speed leaving very little clearance, if any. Moreover, in shallow water instead of doing 10kts, speed will drop to 8 kts...

Whenever we go thru the area at low tide, I usually run on plane at 20/22 kts. No risks and the sounder reflects the boat riding about a foot higher in the water.

Yep, drove my #5 response above
Some lip action wanting better nav DAY markers, nothing to do with the wreck.
Talking head says only two choices for the Coast Guard to do, "Move the markers or dredge".
Wrong, Third choice is to pull the markers as the USACE & USCG has done many times before in other areas of the state.
Very poor journalism down there to have put that supposed "News Report" out..

Dredging a near private area is not going to fix anything anyway, if the bars keep walking around.
The locals can maintain their own markers with that tude.

News report never mentioned the casualties approach to the channel or what speed.
No comment if local or rookie to the area either.

The above comments about running over a bar at speed with tabs down also require lots of local knowledge.
With zero knowledge, I've been in there (Marco Island Range) with no issues, at slow speed.
Slow also not to tic off the many locals moving around (in big and lil boats) at slow speed in the same lanes.
I recall, it may be a no wake zone out there.

I used the word journalism incorrectly as you stated and I apologize.
And it was not real news either.

Junk report videos sell commercials.
An endless cycle of TV junk.