RedactedNarrative: On May 1st 2021 at approximately 1500 hours, Wildlife Officers responded to a call of an individual floating in the water without signs of life. The location that Hamilton county dispatch gave was in a back creek of Sale Creek. After responding to the Patterson Road access area in Sale Creek I was able to make it on the water with aid of Sale Creek Volunteer Fire Department and make contact with the parties. Upon arriving on scene I spoke with a witness who stated that he was fishing and noticed a person floating in the water.  He had pulled the person floating in the water to the shore which is where he remained until emergency personnel arrived on scene. WITNESS stated that he found the floating party about 40 yards from his kayak. After interviewing the deceased parties’ wife she had indicated that he had a little alcohol to drink prior to fishing along with bringing a cider beer with him on the trip. She had indicated that he did not seem to be impaired. Furthermore she had indicated that her and her husband were communicating on a two-way radio and last had contact via radio around 1415-1430 hours. The deceased parties’ wife also stated the Kayak that he was on was brand new and that it was his first time using it. The deceased party was transported by Hamilton County Emergency Medical services to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner’s office for an Autopsy. The incident occurred in Hamilton County. his was unwitnessed and the sole person involved died.  It would only be speculation on what happened.  Our inclination is to believe that it is a falls overboard with alcohol as a contributing factor