10yr. Old prayers for all involved. My son is 10. I couldn't imagine what they are going through.

no life vest?? damnitt.

No excuse for a kid not to be wearing a PFD, none! Miscommunication? Observe the rules of the road! Pass on coming boats to your left just like on a highway!!!! it takes very little force to eject you from a boat.

prayers sent

I can't imagine the pain the parents must be going through. Prayers sent.

Looking at the FWC pics at the bottom of the article, of the stratos boat after the collision, it wasnt just a tap. They hit at pretty good rate of speed. Front deck of that Stratos is crushed/cracked all the way from the top cap down to the ribs in the bottom of the hull. No excuse for not having a pfd on while a boat like that is running, or any boat for that matter. Prayers for the family.

sad situation that was probably 100% preventable. Prayers sent.

Definently a terrible thing. I live about 30 minutes away and fish Talquin quite a bit and know the general area where it happened at. From what I've been told by friends that know the family of the boy is that it was his uncle that he was with in the boat and they were headed to the landing so the boy could use the bathroom and that's when the accident happened. Also from what I've been told is that he had just bought the boat and Saturday was their first time taking it out so I'm kinda wondering if he might not have known exactly what to do when meeting another boat head on. The only reason I say that is because I also know the other group of people that were in a bass boat that was involved in the accident and they have spent their whole lives in bass boats fishing tournaments all over.

did they find that boy yet????

does not look like it. I figure they will find him today or tomorrow.

I just checked the local news website and they found him about 10:30 this morning in the area where the accident happened.

five days to find that boy in a LAKE is damned outrageous, he should of been found the first or second day. It ain't rocket science, he was laying on the bottom right where he went in the water.

Prayers for the family.

Terrible tragedy. I was thinking about the recovery effort. If several boats with DI/SI could be lined up side by side, maybe 50 feet apart, and idle along while doing a grid search I would think that a body could be spotted in a very short time. Getting folks with boats equipped that way that are also willing to participate might be the problem.

That's horrible.

thinking way too hard Wiley, weighted treble hook and 20 feet of line. He did not move, he sank right where he went in. I'll bet a case of beer I could of found that boy in two hours if someone showed me the wreck site. Been there , done that, and got the t-shirt.

It took over a week for them to find the guy on upper bear this year. A fisherman actually found him. They claimed they knew where he was but the divers wouldn't go him because he was hung under a old bridge.

I'm still wondering what happened. They said a miss communication caused the incident.

"same spot where the accident occurred" every....damn...time.

I have seen searchers go hundreds of yards away from the drowning site to look, I have never understood this "search pattern". People sink straight down and move very little, even in a river and current. In a lake they never move.

Troy,
How many recoveries have you participated in over all your years as a GW? I've helped with some SAR for lost boaters/hunters in the delta in Mobile back when I lived in Saraland. Actually helped ferry some survivors back to shore when that Amtrak train derailed in Bayou Canot probably 25 yrs ago now. Access to the site was boat only. Lotta locals with bassboats helped get most of those people back to shore.

Have you ever been the boat to recover a body? I haven't. It would have to be a strange feeling to actually bring the body up. Happy that you were successful and able to help bring closure to the family but also kind of morbid and depressing at the same time. Especially if it was a child was involved.

I've always heard the same thing, from the older SAR guys with a lot of experience. They would always say, if you can find the exact location the victim went over, they will be on the bottom within that 20x20 ft area.