RedactedNarrative: VICTIM WENT FISHING AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS BY HIMSELF.  WHEN HE DID NOT RETURN A FAMILY MEMBER REPORTED HIM MISSING.  AT 00:37 HOURS ON APRIL 13, 2009, MURRAY COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE MEMBERS LOCATED THE VESSEL DRIFTING AGAINST A STRAINER APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILES BELOW WHERE THE VICTIM HAD LAUNCHED.  THE VESSEL, A 14' JON BOAT WAS POWERED BY A 44 POUND THRUST TROLLING MOTOR.  THE NEGATIVE CABLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BATTERY.  THE TROLLING MOTOR WAS IN A RAISED POSITION.  A ROPE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE STERN OF THE VESSEL WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE TROLLING MOTOR.  AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH WAS MADE FOR THE VICTIM, AND HE WAS LOCATED ON APRIL 17, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS UPSTREAM OF WHERE THE VESSEL HAD BEEN LOCATED.
NameOfBodyOfWater: CONASAUGA RIVER
NearestCityTown: DALTON                        