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U.S. Coast Guard searching for missing fisherman over 80 miles west of Anclote

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Published  January 13, 2026 8:16am EST
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FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • The U.S. Coast Guard and the Pasco Sheriff's Office are searching for a missing fisherman.
    • Robert Luka, 44, was last seen on Friday around 10 p.m. about 82 miles west of Anclote.
    • Deputies say Luca was last seen wearing a colorful T-shirt and shorts.

ANCLOTE, Fla. - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing fisherman who was last seen on Friday around 10 p.m. about 82 miles west of Anclote.

Robert Luka, 44, left the Port of Hudson at around 2 p.m. on a commercial fishing boat. The Pasco Sheriff's Office says he stopped in the area of 124th St. Ct. W, Cortez in Manatee County, before heading further offshore.

Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard.

Deputies say Luca was last seen wearing a colorful T-shirt and shorts.

U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami and two other crews are also helping with the search.

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What you can do:

If you have any information about the missing boater, you can call Sector #StPete @ 866-881-1392 #SAR.

You can also call the Pasco Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line at 727-847-8102, option 7, or report tips online at PascoSheriff.com/tips.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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