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Search For Possible Missing Boater
July 12, 2015
The search for a possible missing boater on Escambia Bay Saturday morning led to the recovery of a boat, but no boater.
A small boat was reported adrift in eastern Escambia Bay about 9:50. A woman pulled it in and found a cooler with half melted ice and a fishing pole that had a catfish on the line. The boat had no registration information.
Escambia Search and Rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Avalon and Pace fire departments were searching the area, including a helicopter search by the Coast Guard. The search was suspended a short time later with no sign of any missing boater.
Officials said it may have been only a drifting boat.
Along with the search, ESAR located an unrelated disabled pontoon boat with four people and towed it in from the Escambia River.
Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Comments
10 Responses to “Search For Possible Missing Boater”
A boat walked away from on purpose does not usually have a baited hook left in the water.
We were going east over the I-10 bridge at 7:30am Sat. and saw a guy cast netting with no boat in 100 yards on the southeast end of bridge and 100 yards south.
Maybe it was his and got “rescued” when he was now where to be seen?
but…but…but,could’nt the catfish on the end of the pole tell them who caught it?
Read again
Non-motor powered vessels less than 16 feet in length, are not required to be registered or titled in Florida. Article references small boat found adrift, no reference to a motor so may not have been required for this boat
Sure does Don but when you read the story the boat had no registration.
No numbers or other id on the jon boat. ESAR PIO
Don, See first paragraph/last sentence.
Read the last line of the second paragraph.
Don did you read the article?????
Does’nt the boat registration have the owners contact info?