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Coast Guard searching for two men overdue from Lake Michigan fishing trip

September 30, 2015

The Coast Guard is searching for two men who were fishing aboard this 16-foot white and blue vessel near Port Sheldon, Mich., in Lake Michigan Sept. 30, 2015.

Family members reported the men overdue Sept. 30, stating the men had not been seen or heard from since Sept. 26.

(U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/Released)

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is searching for two people reported overdue early Wednesday from a fishing trip on Lake Michigan.

Missing are Chris Patterson, 25, and Aaron Juarez, 33, aboard a 16-foot white and blue boat.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan in Milwaukee were notified just after 8 a.m., CDT, that the two men had not been heard from since late Friday or early Saturday when they reportedly left for a fishing trip from Port Sheldon, Michigan.

Local authorities confirmed the men's truck and boat trailer were at the boat ramp.

Currently searching are: two Dolphin helicopters from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan; a boat crew from Coast Guard Station Grand Haven, Michigan, aboard a 47-foot rescue boat; and a Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 Hercules from 8 Wing/CFB Trenton, Ontario.

Anyone with information regarding this search is asked to contact the Sector Lake Michigan command center at 414-747-7190.

Further information will be released as it becomes available.

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