RedactedNarrative: On May 8, 2021, GWFC with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Law Enforcement Division (GA DNR LED) was notified by Hall County dispatch of a missing person in the water on Lake Lanier in the area of Flat Creek near Balus Creek.  GA DNR LED Officers, responded to the incident location and located a rental pontoon with ten occupants.  Several Hall County EMS personnel were also onboard the rental pontoon.
  	GWFC spoke with the occupants of the vessel and secured written statements of the incident from each person.  They said they were a group of coworkers out to enjoy the day together.  Witnesses said that another coworker went down the slide from the top deck of the vessel into the water and did not resurface.  Three passengers went into the water to help coworker, but were unable to locate him.  
  	Notification was made to victim’s family by the Hall County Sheriff's Office on May 8, 2021.
  	GA DNR LED searched the area described by the witnesses on May 8 and 9, 2021.  Victim was recovered by GA DNR LED and Hall County Sheriff's Office personnel on May 9, 2021.