On January 24, 2013, 27-year-old Thanh Ha and his friend Anthony Nguyen left the docks in Venice, Louisiana, aboard a 25-foot blue and white Reno Skiff, registration LA5756CA, for a day of shark fishing. They departed around 10:30 a.m. and were never seen again. The skiff was described as having a 255 outboard Yamaha engine and a blue 20-gallon tank.

Search and rescue operations by the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office and others turned up no sign of the men or the boat. Thanh Ha was described as an Asian male, black hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 8 inches, weighing about 180 to 190 pounds. With no vessel recovered and no witnesses to what occurred on the water, investigators eventually presumed both men lost at sea, but the exact circumstances remain unknown.

If anyone was on the water near Venice that day or has information about the boat or its movements, please share what is known.