Officials Searching For 61-Year-Old Fisherman Missing In Lake Michigan

GRAND HAVEN, MI — U.S. Coast Guard officials are looking for a fisherman who went missing in Lake Michigan on Tuesday evening.

Family members of David Split, 61, notified watch standers at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday evening after he failed to return home from a fishing trip, officials said.

Split was last seen leaving Spring Lake in a 29-foot blue Sea Sundancer named A & A, officials said.

His cell phone last pinged about six miles from Holland, officials said.

Split usually fishes slightly offshore near the mouth of the Grand River, officials said.

Crews from Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and authorities from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office and the Muskegon Police Department are actively searching with aircraft and coast guard vessels, officials said.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Fruitport police at 231-865-8477 or the Coast Guard at 414-747-7182.