A Florida angler whose bass boat sank has offered the vessel — along with thousands of dollars of cash and equipment still onboard — free to anyone who brings the vessel ashore.
Jack Roberts said his 16-foot, 1988 Sportsman was swamped, then capsized and sank July 1 two miles off Destin Beach, near Pensacola, Fla.
On board with him were his two adult sons, his Chihuahua named BooBoo, $2,000 in fishing gear and a wallet that contained $800 cash.
“[We] didn’t have enough time to get jackets on, so we jumped in. And when we turned around … it had capsized,” Roberts told ABC News. “We climbed on top of that, started yelling at two boats 50 yards away. They seemed like they didn’t care, kept fishing. I was screaming and yelling.”
