A FISHERMAN has been found and taken to hospital after the boat he was using was discovered empty with the engine running off the Gold Coast on Tuesday afternoon. A New South Wales police spokesman said the 25-year-old Tweed Heads man was finally located at Fingal Beach on Tuesday night, after an air and sea search that ran for hours.
“He’s been found and he’s at Tweed Heads hospital in a stable condition,” he said.
Queensland and New South Wales police and rescue choppers began the search for the missing fisherman after the 6m fibreglass boat was found 3km off Kirra around 3:30pm on Tuesday with the engine running and the man’s wallet and fishing gear still aboard.
An RACQ CareFlight spokeswoman said they were called to help search between Point Danger and a fishing
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spot called 9 Mile, about 4km off Cook Island.
She said the fisherman was last seen at 11:30am on Tuesday, when he met someone who gave him some clothing.