**** IMPORTANT 2 missing On Coal lake .Important read.*****

[great white whaler]

Sad story in deed,,,i pray this family finds closure soon

[Shmag]

Originally Posted by madeincanada780

I agree BBJ...after seeing the look first hand on the faces of the family and seeing the RCMP boat just sitting in the parking lot in town and the bad weather...you just want to see some closure for these people.

Looks like the weather is gonna clear up today so hopefully they can get back out there this afternoon.

As mentioned earlier i lost a couple buddies in a similar event. You just try to keep the hope and faith alive, even though with each passing hour you know its going to be a bad outcome. The hours do feel like days.

I dont know if the guys on coal lk had an anchor tied to the boat, but thats how they ended up finding my friends. The boat got pushed a couple hundred yds away from where they capsized. After a day or two of diving one diver finally followed by hand the little trench the anchor made as it got dragged along. Then he came to a pile of their camping gear on the bottom of the lake. That same day they found both my friends...

I found my closure knowing that they died for something they lived for

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by Shmag

I found my closure knowing that they died for something they lived for

Thats about the best way anyone could look at a tragedy like that....

LC

[slivers86]

Any news on the recovery yet?

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Originally Posted by slivers86

Any news on the recovery yet?

Search for missing Coal Lake boaters temporarily called off

Volunteers use sonar to search for two missing boaters on May, 21 2012, at Coal Lake, about 70 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.Photograph by: Greg Southam , edmontonjournal.comEDMONTON - A recovery search for two missing boaters on Coal Lake was temporarily suspended Tuesday as RCMP determine what to do next.

Camrose residents Everett Westerneng, 19, and Dallas Simons, 26, failed to return home after setting out on a fishing trip Friday night.

RCMP received a report of the missing pair early Saturday morning and launched a search effort that came to include family and 200 volunteers.

Searchers found the duo’s capsized four-metre boat, tackle box and other personal items on Saturday.

Family and friends of the missing men continued their search efforts Tuesday at the lake, about 70 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.

Neither man is believed to have been wearing a life-jacket.

© Copyright (c) The Edmonton Journal

[bb356]

Thank's for the update !!!

[slivers86]

Originally Posted by bb356

Thank's for the update !!!

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[great white whaler]

Dozen't anybody no where the boat was found ?,Look closer to where the boat was found,me and my wife was at coal lake this after noon around 7.30 pm ,to watch love ones search for love ones was very sad,i have fished this lake 26 years ,but now i get a very on easy feeling when there.

[Upandaway]

Cadaver dogs are being sent out again
Tomorrow morning (sat may 26)

[Pappa]

I heard about this incident through a friend who has just purchased a property that backs onto Coal Lake. My heart goes out to the families. This is normal for any family that experiences a loss like this. As a retired commercial diver, I know first hand what these folks are in for. With water temps what they are, the boys had less than 30 min. in the water before they were unconscious, if they were still afloat. They will sink first, then float once, till the bodies "burp" then they will drop to the bottom. It sucks, but these facts don't vary from fresh water to salt water. If they weren't found within a few hours of them being missing, they aren't here anymore. It's unfortunate, but this is the reality of this type of situation. I've helped out more families than I really want to recall in this situation dealing with recoveries. I hope they get some type of closure to this sad situation.

[mea]

The worst part is that there still is the factor about 'the unknown' and that we don't have any closure yet. As unwanted as the most probable answer will be from this recovery mission, atleast it would be an answer and we would know that way.

Thank you for all of the support that this forum members have posted, and the work that some of you have done around the lake.

[CountryGirlintheCity]

Originally Posted by slivers86

Any news on the recovery yet?

The families of Dallas and Everett have never stopped looking, they have been looking for the boys day and night. Surviving on very little sleep. The families are very grateful for the help from friends, community members & organizations, and some of the neighbors that have lake front properties. Their are many people who have been assissting in the search, or helping those who are searching with things like food, drinks, water for the trailers and other necessities.

[Geezle]

I just heard on the radio that they have been found in the SW area of the lake.

Condolences to the families.

[mea]

Yes,

The final update for all those sitting at home, waiting: EJ and his friend Dallas were found this morning after missing for 10 days. I know it's not the closure we were hoping for, but it is closure nonetheless.

Thank you for all of the support that some of you have given, it is surely appreciated.

[Chris84]

Originally Posted by Geezle

Condolences to the families.

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[JohninAB]

Condolences to the family and friends.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by mea

Yes,

The final update for all those sitting at home, waiting: EJ and his friend Dallas were found this morning after missing for 10 days. I know it's not the closure we were hoping for, but it is closure nonetheless.

Thank you for all of the support that some of you have given, it is surely appreciated.

Sad to hear that....I looked for several hours when I was out there I waded alot of water looking around while I was fly fishing....

I am curious if they were found near or far from where the boat was found....but in the end that has little bearing on the tragedy.

LC

[huntsfurfish]

My condolences to the family and friends.

[Sooner]

Originally Posted by mea

Yes,

The final update for all those sitting at home, waiting: EJ and his friend Dallas were found this morning after missing for 10 days. I know it's not the closure we were hoping for, but it is closure nonetheless.

Thank you for all of the support that some of you have given, it is surely appreciated.

So sorry to hear about your friends, condolances to you all that knew these boys. I hope the good memories replace this bad one real soon. If the big guy calls your number, it's good to be doing something you love when the call comes. On a side note, good on all the forum guys who went out and lent a hand.

[sureshot]

RIP.

Andy

[Fil_Can_Yakker]

RIP

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...163/story.html

[great white whaler]

Condolence to the family.... RIP young men.

[bb356]

Originally Posted by JohninAB

Condolences to the family and friends.

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[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

From one group of fisherman to another .

Fisherman's Prayer

Fisherman's Prayer - God, grant that I may love to fish until my dying day.

And when it comes to my last cast, I then most humbly pray.

When in the Lord's safe landing net,

I'm peacefully asleep,

that in His mercy I be judged

as big enough to keep.


RIP you two young men may there be lakes full of fish to catch .