GREEN LAKE TOWNSHIP: Search continues for missing fisherman

Elizabeth Brewer, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.
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Apr. 23—TRAVERSE CITY — A 65-year-old Green Lake Township man and his boat are missing after he didn't return from a Monday morning fishing trip.

The man's SUV and his boat trailer were parked at the Green Lake Public boat launch where he embarked around 9:30 a.m. and were still there when he was reported missing, according to the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office.

Family members notified the U.S. Coast Guard about 12 hours after he left when they still hadn't heard from him. The man was an avid fisherman, so this trip is nothing out of the ordinary, his family told deputies.

His name has not been released yet because of his family's wishes and the pending investigation.

As of Tuesday morning, there were no signs yet of him or his 14- to 16-foot flat-bottom aluminum Jon boat, according to sheriff's office Lt. Jon Morgan.

Morgan said the sheriff's office dive team worked alongside members from the Coast Guard's Manistee Station during Monday night's search.

Efforts included a helicopter search of Green Lake for about an hour, which didn't yield any new findings, Morgan said.

Because of Monday's high winds and stormy conditions, Morgan said the Coast Guard was unable to fly drones over Green Lake, but were hoping to do so Tuesday. The dive team was planning to focus on the shoreline during Tuesday's search efforts.