Port Sheldon 5/29 pm

[onlyflyfish4vr]

Lines in at 7 pm. 65 down NP Bruiser gets big rip and gone while setting other rigger in 120'. Nothing until sundown then 2 small Kings 3-4#'s and 2 others lost. 2 55-60 down and 2 on stackers 35-40 down in 100-115'. Bruiser had 3 hits, DW green icicle 1. Nothing on other rigger, copper or half cores with diff. glows, ODC, Monkey puke, and first time in 7 trips that I didn't get a fish on NP Bubblegum.

A little somber fish as the coast guard and sheriff continually passed by and over us with heli', and boats looking for the drowned fisherman of yesterday.

[Hotdog71]

Nice job! We heard several people having a hard time fishing out P.S. last night. We heard about the lost fishman on the radio on our way out and the helio a couple times last night. Sombering moments.

[Priority1]

Eric, GJ on the after dark Kings. Prayers for the fisherman's family.

[GLF]

Nice job Eric!

[Just Hook'n]

Good work.

We were out 5-30 am, and went right passed the boat looking for him. Didn't know what was going on until we heard later. Very sombering.

[MY2SONS]

Lines in at 7 pm. 65 down NP Bruiser gets big rip and gone while setting other rigger in 120'. Nothing until sundown then 2 small Kings 3-4#'s and 2 others lost. 2 55-60 down and 2 on stackers 35-40 down in 100-115'. Bruiser had 3 hits, DW green icicle 1. Nothing on other rigger, copper or half cores with diff. glows, ODC, Monkey puke, and first time in 7 trips that I didn't get a fish on NP Bubblegum.

A little somber fish as the coast guard and sheriff continually passed by and over us with heli', and boats looking for the drowned fisherman of yesterday.

Didn't hear about the accident. Anybody have details? Did they end up finding the guy? I wondered what was going on when I returned to the slip, and heard the Coasties broadcasting over another fisherman's radio to be on the lookout for something, but couldn't hear it all because someone fired up one of those loud "go-fast" boats at the DNR launch. Anybody know the guys name? That's too bad. Prayers go out to the family.

[Hotdog71]

NEAR PORT SHELDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The search for the body of a 55-year-old Zeeland man who investigators said fell out of a boat and into Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon is scheduled to resume Sunday morning.

Ottawa County sheriff's deputies are calling the incident a drowning.

Thomas Anzivino fell out of the boat around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and the sheriff's department, at least two miles from the shoreline near Port Sheldon Township.

Sheriff's deputies took over the search from the U.S. Coast Guard midafternoon after the mission turned from rescue to recovery. At about 4:30 p.m., 24 Hour News 8 saw sheriff's dive team boats heading into Lake Michigan from a launch on Pigeon Lake. The dive team was using sonar to try and locate Anzivino.

Investigators said they do not know why he fell out of what the Coast Guard described as a 28-foot boat.

Anzivino's 24-year-old daughter was on the boat sunbathing at the time, according to investigators. She heard a splash, they said, and went in after her father. Then she came back to the boat for supplies to help rescue her father.

"She made it back to the boat, went to get a lifejacket ... and by the time she came back with that, he was gone," Ottawa County Sheriff's Sgt. Keith Koeman told 24 Hour News 8.

The 55-year-old was "reportedly not wearing a personal flotation device" when he fell into the water, according to a Coast Guard press release.

HIs daughter was able to draw the attention of other boaters, who aided in the search along with the sheriff's marine patrol and Coast Guard teams from Grand Haven and Holland. A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago, also assisted in the search.

The Sunday search will include help from Norton Shores and a Kent County team with a robot that could help in the effort, Koeman said.

While the law does not require it, the Coast Guard "recommends boaters wear their [personal flotation devices] at all times when boating," according to a release. "It is much more difficult to locate, access or don a PFD at the moment an accident occurs," the release stated.

[Adam Bomb]

Nicely done Eric.....This is shaping up to be a tradgic year it seems. Prayers to the family, everyone be safe out there. Did anyone hear anything about an incident outta Frankfort. While we were running we could hear the Frankfort C.G. talking about and incident. Maybe they were involved in the search as well?