The boat was a a small row boat, that had an unattached lawn chair style seat. The operator was alone in the boat, physically rowing the boat with no motor.  The operator spoke with some surveyors about the lake and his fishing activities around 10am. According to the surveyors, he did not seem like he was in any kind of distress and was enjoying his activities. His wife sees this interaction from the shore around 10:30am. The surveyors left after 11:30 and saw the operator from a distance; he was fishing and did not appear to be in distress. He did not return at 1pm as expected.  Operator was a diabetic and had high cholestrol, high blood pressure and heart disease and was taking medications for all these conditions.  Operator did not have a wearable PFD on board but did have a Type IV tied to his chair.  Operator at some point fell overboard and drowned.
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