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| ©2016, Thomas Marcum |
Several people were fishing today at Cannon Creek lake in Middlesboro, Ky but for two men the day did not go so well. The two unidentified men backed down the boat ramp and launched their small John boat. One man, gets back in their truck to go park it. Man number 2 is in the boat waiting and the boat began to take on water, lots of water. Eventually, the small boat capsized but near by fishermen or I should say fisherwoman jumped in to lend a hand.
The boat, which was totally submerged, was recovered and pulled to the shoreline. Some of the content of the boat was also recovered. A trolling motor, cooler and what appeared to be a tackle box was all recovered. It appeared several other items were lost, which may have been fishing poles and the trolling motor battery and other items. It is thought the boat had too much weight in the back end, resulting in it taking on water, but this was not confirmed.
The two men, with help from people near by, were able to reload the boat onto the back of their truck. It appeared no one was injured, and the two men left the lake.
For those who may not know, the Cannon Creek Lake water is normally pretty cold in the summer, but in March the water very frigid. In the end,thanks to some fast acting and helpful fishermen (woman), everything turned out okay, with the exception of a lost of some fishing gear.
Cannon Creek Lake is a 243-acre reservoir in Bell County, Kentucky. It was built in 1972.
Another picture of the recovery.
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| ©2016, Thomas Marcum |
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