Coast Guard officials said Tuesday that they had launched a search for 48-year-old Joel Thompson.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control told Coast Guard officials that Thompson had gone fishing about 11:30 p.m. Monday and had not returned home. His car was still parked in the parking lot, with his cell phone inside.
A rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., a rescue boat crew from Coast Guard Station Indian River began searching for Thompson on Tuesday morning. A Coast Guard cutter from Cape May, N.J., was dispatched to assist in the search.