4 Mich. fishermen missing on Lake Erie

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM EST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 4:58 PM EST

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and others are searching Lake Erie for four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat set sail a day earlier.

The men, who are between 52 and 76 years old, left Sterling Park in Monroe at 8 a.m. Thursday. A family member notified the Coast Guard around 10 p.m. when the men weren't home. They'd been expected back at the boat launch about 4 p.m.

Boats, helicopters and other aircraft from the U.S. and Canada searched for them Friday.

The wife of one fishermen told the Coast Guard she talked to her husband — the boat's owner — by cell phone around noon Thursday and nothing seemed amiss.

She said life jackets and a global positioning system were on board.

Two of the fishermen are from Eaton Rapids, one is from Lansing and another is from Charlotte.

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