The search for two missing fishermen identified as 57-year-old Randall Spivey and 33-year-old Brandon Billmaier is underway after their boat was found without them on board.
Spivey and Billmaier went fishing off the coast of Fort Meyers, Florida, on Friday.
Billmaier's wife wrote in a U.S. Coast Guard said it was leading the search and asked for anyone with information to call U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg at 866-881-1392.
By Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said crews were conducting search and rescue operations across a wide area — about 35 miles in all directions — from the ocean’s surface up to roughly 5,000 feet in the air. Officials also warned aircraft in the area to "maintain situational awareness" and avoid interfering with search and rescue crews.
Spivey is a 6-foot-1 man with brown hair and brown eyes, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. He was last seen wearing khaki pants and a dark-colored shirt.
Billmaier is 6-foot-2 and has strawberry hair and brown eyes. The Lee County Sheriff's Office did not describe what the 33-year-old was last seen wearing.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office directed Fox News Digital to the U.S. Coast Guard for additional updates.