FERRISBURGH, Vt. — Searchers combed Kingsland Bay on Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for a 48-year-old Burlington man who fell from a small fishing boat Saturday, but did not find him, Vermont State Police said.

Crews planned to return to the bay at 9 a.m. Nov. 10 to continue the search, police said.

The man was not wearing a life jacket when he fell into the bay at about 4 p.m. Saturday, 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 went to the bay that afternoon. The state police Underwater Recovery Team, the Coast Guard and an airplane crew from the U.S. Border Patrol searched the bay throughout Sunday without finding him, police said.

State police have said there is no sign the disappearance is suspicious. The man's name is being withheld while police investigate and notify his relatives.

Police asked people who may be able to help the search to call the state police barracks in New Haven.

The Signal reported Saturday that the Coast Guard was expected to keep searching through the night after the man went into the water, and that the state police Underwater Recovery Team and Bureau of Criminal Investigations planned to join the search and recovery operation Sunday. The Signal reported Sunday that a full day of searching had turned up no sign of him.

Earlier coverage: Burlington man missing after falling from fishing boat into Lake Champlain; Search of Lake Champlain bay finds no sign of Burlington man who fell from fishing boat

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