RESCUE! Good Samaritans save life of man clinging to a fish tote

摘要

Saturday begins at 4:30 a.m., when Joel pulls the anchor and we run into the pitch black. Out Gilmer Bay, past Point Amelia, on to Beaver Point. Though dawn is an hour away, so is the spot where we want to drop our hooks. When our fishing partner Marlin joins us on the drag, his voice is grave. "There's a boat missing. That's why they were calling all of us in the anchorage last night, to see if they'd made it in there." He describes a 28-foot troller, "landing craft style" — an open vessel rigged with a couple of fishing davits and outboard motors. "I've passed it in the straits," he says. "Can't remember the name, but they always wave as they go by."