FERRISBURGH, Vt. — A 48-year-old Burlington man is missing after falling from a small fishing boat into Kingsland Bay on Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh on the afternoon of Nov. 7, Vermont State Police said.

The man was not wearing a life jacket when he went into the water at about 4 p.m., according to a companion who was also on the boat, police said. The companion tried to find him, but the man did not resurface.

State troopers, wardens from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ferrisburgh Fire Department responded to the bay. Police said the Coast Guard was expected to keep searching through the night, and that the state police Underwater Recovery Team and Bureau of Criminal Investigations planned to join the search and recovery operation in the morning.

Police said there was no sign the disappearance was suspicious. The man's name is being withheld until his relatives are notified, police said.

State police asked people who may be able to help to call the New Haven barracks at 802-388-4919.

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