ON SUNDAY AUGUST 7, 2011 A LONE ONE-MAN FISHING BOAT WAS OBSERVED FROM THE SHORE/RAMP OF WYLAND LAKE ON TRI-COUNTY IN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY BY A FEMALE. THE BOAT'S TROLLING MOTOR WAS ON MAKING THE WATERCRAFT MOVE WITH NO ONE ON BOARD. THE FEMALE USED HER KAYAK TO BRING THE BOAT TO SHORE. ON THE BOAT WAS FISHING EQUIPMENT, BAIT, A COOLER WITH BLUEGILL INSIDE AND A LIFEJACKET AND TYPE IV THROWABLE, IN GOOD SERVICEABLE CONDITION. NO DAMAGE WAS APPARENT OR FOUND ON THE BOAT. NO ALCOHOL OR DRUG (CONTAINERS) WERE FOUND. IT WAS DETERMINED LATER THAT THE INDIVIDUAL USING THE BOAT WAS FISHING AND DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SWIM. HE WAS FISHING BY HIMSELF AND HIS PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICES WERE ON BOARD. HE WAS FOUND IN WYLAND LAKE BY RECOVERY DIVERS THAT EVENING IN ~37 FEET OF WATER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.
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