Jeffrey Kale, 47, left a boat ramp exactly a week ago, Saturday afternoon, April 6, near Southport and was headed offshore for a fishing trip, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Then, Tuesday morning, a Good Samaritan boater found Kale’s 32-foot Cape Horn center-console boat — floating empty with fishing lines extended into the water — about 83 miles east of Wrightsville Beach.
However, Wednesday night, the search for Kale, of Clover, South Carolina — just south of Charlotte — was suspended again.
Kale’s son wrote on Facebook about his father just after the second search effort was suspended Wednesday night
“This truly breaks my heart, without my dad I’d be nowhere close to the young man I am today and I’m grateful for everything my dad taught me in life the past 15 years,” Brandon Kale wrote along with the U.S. Coast Guard post that announced the suspended search.
“I still have hope that he may turn up may the Lord decide. I love you Daddy,” Brandon Kale added.
Family friends meanwhile asked for many to remember Kale’s family.
“Please pray for the family of Jeff Kale. He was a great guy. Loved fishing and loved his family!” John Thompson Jr., of Albemarle, wrote on Facebook.
“I fished with him a few times— in fact, he invited me to fish with him the first day I met him! Praying for his wife, sons, and parents and all his family and friends,” Thompson added.
Outdoor enthusiasts noted that the sea can be dangerous during a solo trip.
“Kale was an experienced angler and had spent hundreds of hours on the water. We all have to respect the ocean and realize that at any moment a routine trip can turn bad,” Trilogy Outdoors, which focuses on South Carolina fishing, wrote.
The publication from Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, also asked people to pray for Kale and his family.
The entire search since Kale was reported missing Saturday night was about 100 combined hours and covered more than 11,690 square miles, which is an area greater than the size of Maryland, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
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