HOLLAND, Mich. — The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday afternoon that it had located the body of a missing fisherman from Fruitport Township.
Deputies said that the body of David Split, 61, of Fruitport Township was located by deputies and Michigan State Police troopers Friday evening in 35 feet of water in Lake Michigan.
That followed news on Friday night, when the U.S. Coast Guard announced that it had suspended the search for the missing fisherman from Fruitport Township.
The agency said they searched 6,553 square miles over the span of three days.
Split was reported missing in Lake Michigan near Holland on Tuesday.
Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan was contacted Tuesday, September 12 around 7 p.m. by Muskegon County dispatch reporting the fisherman was overdue from a fishing trip that he had taken that morning.
On Wednesday, September 13, Split's fishing boat was found unoccupied about 32 nautical miles west of Grand Haven. His boat is a 29-foot Blue Sea Sundancer named "A & A".
The Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan is asking anyone with information regarding the fisherman to contact their command center at (414) 747-7182.
