RedactedNarrative: On 05/04/2020 at approximately 2252 hours CDT Tallahassee dispatch center received a call regarding a missing kayaker at Casino Beach in Pensacola. Officer responded. Once on scene he discovered that a kayak had been found washed up on the beach three miles from the original call.
  
   Several friends had decided to fish on Casino beach.  operator brought his 12-foot dark green Sun dolphin kayak along. Operator1 set up three surf fishing poles on the beach and then decided to take the kayak off the beach into the Gulf of Mexico behind “Crabs we got them” restaurant. 
  
  According to subject1 he headed West out past the second sand bar. Subject1 said he normally would paddle against the wind and current then fish while drifting with the current. His friends on the beach lost sight of him while they were fishing on the beach. 
  
  the manager at “Crabs” saw a person in a dark colored kayak heading East past the second sand bar between 6:00 and 6:30 pm. 
  
  When Operator1 failed to return his friends, they reported him missing to The U.S. Coast Guard. At approximately 1030 pm Operator1’s green kayak was found approximately 3 miles east of “Crabs”. Subject1 verified that the kayak was Operator1’s. 
  
  Two fishing poles were found secured to the kayak. Later a paddle and fishing gaff were found on the beach east of the location that the kayak was found.
  
  As of the submission of this report, August 30,2020 no further information has been obtained and no recovery of the missing person has occurred.
  