Fisherman Missing After Falling Off Cedar Point Pier
By Dale Hines
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 30, 2026
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. Authorities say that a 19-year-old man who was fishing on the Cedar Point Pier with three others fell off the pier and currents swept him underneath. He disappeared, and officials are still looking for him.
A Mobile County Sheriff’s Office official said that a 911 call came in at about 2 a.m. and emergency responders were immediately dispatched to the area.
Chief Deputy Andrew Peak said the man fell while trying to untangle fishing line.
“He was sitting on the banister of the pier trying to untangle some fishing line,” Peak said. “He lost his footing and fell over backwards into the water.”
Rescue crews are continuing their search for the missing fisherman this morning.
Law enforcement said that the currents were moving fast and he was quickly swept away underneath the bridge, but he was able to cling to the pier for a brief period before losing his grip.
Dauphin Island police arrived on the scene quickly and attempted to throw life-saving buoys towards the man but because of the current, the fisherman was unable to make it to those buoys but at some point, he lost his grip.
The U.S. Coast Guard, Mobile County Sheriff’s Flotilla and Dauphin Island Police Department are all assisting in the search efforts.
Authorities are actively conducting search operations in the Mississippi Sound and Mobile Bay.
Law enforcement has not released the fisherman’s name at this time.
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