4 missing off of Gulf Coast (Florida)

[WestEndAngler]

Corey Smith (Detroit Lions) & Marquis Cooper (Oakland Raiders) are two of the men still missing...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502785,00.html

Prayers & I hope they find them!

I heard they had an EPIRB but not sure about that... No distress calls were received.

[TTU Wader]

I read about this yesterday. Very sad..Hope they find them

[FP10]

They are both ex Buccaneers.

[007]

They found the boat with one person hanging on to it. No word on the other three yet.

[Unclehandy]

Hate to hear news like this! Prayers to the families of anyone involved!

[WestEndAngler]

007 beat me to it... A 250LB football player needs at least 2 Type I PFDs

[Robalo]

21', 50 miles out? Nutty. The boat was/is an Everglades, which is very nice, expensive boat, but sounds like the bay model, not offshore model and in 4-6 seas, let alone 14' seas, I would not want to be out there. Hope they find the other 3.

[WestEndAngler]

21', 50 miles out? Nutty. The boat was/is an Everglades, which is very nice, expensive boat, but sounds like the bay model, not offshore model and in 4-6 seas, let alone 14' seas, I would not want to be out there. Hope they find the other 3.

I saw the capsized boat on the news looks to be an off shore boat. Deep V upside down. Wouldn't be any different than the 22' I run around but 2-3's and I am turning back 4'-6' are some big seas in that small of a boat.

[WestEndAngler]

Nick Skylar found.

told coast guard that the 21' boat flipped saturday evening in rough seas and others got separated from the boat.

[WestEndAngler]

They were 30 miles off shore when it happened, single engine boat, Nick Skylar was wearing a life vest when found. Coast Guard believe the other 3 were also wearing life vests some point early sunday morning the 3 got separated after the boat capsized late Saturday on the way back into Clearwater. They were anchored when they capsized Nick said.

[JT]

That's crazy being 30 miles offshore in a 21' bote with that much WEIGHT in rough seas.

[boom]

If I had to take on a bad sea, it would be in my old 246 everglades for sure. I can't imagine tying off to anything but a sea anchor in those conditions. I wonder how much experience the captain had. Very sad unless they find the other 3 still alive.

[WestEndAngler]

Search called off...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504074,00.html

[majek_maniac]

I heard about this, sad. A guy a work withss son knows them all (he plays for the colts). The weather was good when they left, they had a mean front blow in on them and they got caught. Sad, I hate to hear about this kinda stuff.

M.M.

[WestEndAngler]

I'm not sure why you would feel the need to throw out an anchor in rough seas, keep the bow pointed into the waves or run with the seas if you have to...

Anchoring leaves you at the mercy of the wind and current they don't always run in the same direction and swells can easily broadside you in situations like that. How sad!