DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WTXL)--A Seminole County man drowns while fishing off the bank at Spring Creek, near Lane Bridge Road in Brinson.
Capt. Patrick Trolinger with the Decatur County Sheriff's Office says 51-Johnny Dale McKinney of Iron City and Edrick Davis were fishing about 40 yards from one another Sunday afternoon.
Deputies believe McKinney somehow slipped into the water after telling Davis he caught a fish. Deputies say there was a 10-foot drop and McKinney couldn't swim.
Deputies were called to the scene at 4:25 p.m.
They found his body around 6 p.m. about 15 feet from where he fell in.
Decatur County Fire and Rescue, the Department of Natural Resources, the Decatur County Sheriff's Office, and the Seminole County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene.
