The U.S. Coast Guard says it suspended the search at 4:42 p.m. for a crewman lost off the fishing vessel Glacier Spirit near Sand Point.
Coast Guard aircraft spent about six hours searching more than 40 square miles without any sightings of the missing crewman.
The Coast Guard said it received a call at 10:26 a.m. from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game requesting assistance in searching for the crewman.
"My thought and prayers are with the victim's family and friends," said Capt. Daniel Travers, 17th Coast Guard District chief of incident management. "Suspending a search without finding the person you're looking for is one of the hardest decisions for the Coast Guard to make."
The Coast Guard hasn't yet released the victim's name.
State records list the owner of the 47-foot Glacier Spirit as Richard Eastlick of Sand Point.
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7 comments:
Will miss you joe should of never benn on there
Joe who? I use to fish on there with Estlick. I'm really praying it's not Joe Dillard...
No it is not Joe Dillard. It is Joe Haller and prayers are being sent to up for his family.
Tough deal. Hard on the skipper and crew too.
Damien said...
I fished with Rick Eastlick...this is not suprising. Rick has a tendancy to hire greenhorns and does not retain last years crew.
I worked for him and he did not pay me.
He also will not give you a contract as I asked for months about it.
Be very careful if you fish with him.
Anyone who says that perhaps I didn't deserve to be payed should ask around Sand Point about how my work ethic was and what kind of job I did for him
I fished with Damien and Rick for about one fishing trip, then figured out that fishing wasn't for me, then headed back to Dallas. My name is Harold. I enjoyed the company, but I'm sure Damien can agree I just didn't having fishing in my genes, but I stuck it out, and worked my hardest regardless. Nice to hear your still around Damien, sorry to hear he didn't pay you, looks like we both got ripped off.
I can attest that Damien was a very good worker, and in fact did all the hard work on the fishing trip I was with him. I just smacked the halibut with a hammer, and bled them, but Damien did the work I didn't know how to do. If you get this message Damien my email is harold5187@hotmail.com, and my address is 9421 Mixon Dr. #246 dallas tx, 75220, would love to keep in contact with you.
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