Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen

[mikey01]

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te....php?cmpid=htx
Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen

By Yang Wang | October 6, 2013 | Updated: October 6, 2013 8:58pm

Coast Guard crews have suspended the search for two fishermen reported missing near the mouth of Brazos River in Freeport, officials said Sunday.
A bystander called 911 about 2:30 p.m. Saturday when he saw two wade fishermen go underwater, an agency spokesman said Sunday. The agency searched by boat and helicopter. Two volunteer search groups, Gulf Coast Rescue Squad and Texas Equusearch, also helped.
The fishermen are presumed drowned, Texas Equusearch officials said Sunday. They identified the two as Sam Lavan, 40, and Tria Nguyen, 48. The group plans to resume searching for the two on Monday.
In other incidents, the Coast Guard helped rescued four people Sunday from a sinking boat near Sea Wolf Park in Galveston. They waved down a fisherman, who called 911. As the rescue crew arrived, one of the four boaters had jumped out of the sinking boat and swam to a buoy. A helicopter located the man and rescued him.
About 5:47 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard helped five people whose boat was disabled near Sabine jetties. A Coast Guard boat crew got to them before they hit the jetties, then towed them to safety at the Sabine public boat ramp.

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[Robalo]

Geez, and Saturday was smooth waters.

[walkinwader]

So unfortunate....wear your pfd.

[mikey01]

MOB is a dangerous place even when its calm, currents there get strong and water drops off deep quick… I hate to hear these stories… seems they are happening all to often recently though…

[shutout]

Prayers sent for their families. Most dangerous place I know of in these parts. Can be great fishing, but a pfd is a must in that area.

[Explorer21]

Jerry, the surf over here was really bad and the rip currents were strong. Not sure where they were, but if they were wading in the surf it was not smooth at all.

[SUPER SPOOK]

it was breaking all the way out at the end of the surfside jetties!

[dbarham]

MOB is a dangerous place even when its calm, currents there get strong and water drops off deep quick… I hate to hear these stories… seems they are happening all to often recently though…

so true

[plugger]

People don't know , evidently by the ongoing drownings , how dangerous the surf can be , especially around passes . Even if you float like a cork one should have a PFD . I wear a Wade-Aide wade belt which will float my fat self . I love it. Back support too . It's like stingray guards . You may not get hit for years , but if you eventually do , it's worth wearing them all that time for that one incident . Same with a PFD .

[dbarham]

People don't know , evidently by the ongoing drownings , how dangerous the surf can be , especially around passes . Even if you float like a cork one should have a PFD . I wear a Wade-Aide wade belt which will float my fat self . I love it. Back support too . It's like stingray guards . You may not get hit for years , but if you eventually do , it's worth wearing them all that time for that one incident . Same with a PFD .

sneekypete has a small boogie board attached to him when he wades these areas i have also seen folks dragging the old orange over the neck pfd. I love to wade the MOB and have been fishing that area forever you can never be too safe always pay attention to tides currents and water movements out there.