Search resumes for missing anglers

12 April 2012

A search is resuming for two anglers who remain missing after their boat sank on a loch as they made their way back from a pub.

William Carty, 47, and Craig Currie, 30, died in Loch Awe, Argyll, while Mr Carty's brother Steven, 42, and Thomas Douglas, 36, are still missing.

The initial search was hampered by thick fog, although the men from the boat could be heard shouting.

A search for the group was launched after one member of their party who stayed behind at their campsite awoke and realised his companions had not returned to their tents.

He then heard desperate calls for help coming from the water and raised the alarm.

Emergency services were called out but their bid to find the four men was hindered by the fog around Loch Awe.

Visibility was down to just five metres, and when fire crews initially arrived at the scene, they could hear the men shouting for help, but could not see them. A desperate search to rescue the men was launched but at about 6.15am the bodies of Mr Carty and Mr Currie were recovered.

The search operation continued throughout the day in a bid to find the two men still missing. But search crews were unable to locate them and the search was called off for the day at about 5pm.

The men, all from north Glasgow, had travelled to Loch Awe near Kilchurn Castle, Dalmally, in Argyll for a fishing trip. They arrived on Friday evening and had set up camp on the bank of the water.

The owners of The Tight Line pub on the opposite side of the loch from the mens' campsite, said the fishermen spent an hour there on Friday night.

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