Jason Conlon was 24 and from Dillingham, Alaska, when he went missing aboard the crabber Lin J on March 18, 1999. The 96-foot vessel disappeared without a trace about eight miles northwest of St. Paul Island while operating in the Bering Sea. Four other crew members—Captain Blake Kinnear, 50, Marc Shayne Hill, 45, John McKerley, 39, and Aaron Miller-Moylan—were lost with him and the entire crew is presumed to have perished at sea.

No distress call was received and the prevailing explanation is that the Lin J encountered severe conditions, including 40-knot winds, ice fog, and heavy sea icing that can destabilize a vessel. It is also believed the boat may have struck a submerged pinnacle. With no wreckage examined and no survivors to provide testimony, the exact sequence of events that led to the disappearance remains unknown.

Did anyone who fished around St. Paul Island in March 1999 have information about weather or conditions that night?