DAVE: I have fished the James for about 50 years in a 12-foot Jon boat, and it has served me well. I would choose a Jon boat over a canoe because of its stability and roominess. Canoes are easier ...

A 25-year-old man was rescued from a partially submerged jon boat after more than 24 hours at sea off the coast of Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

As he passed through the Rochester area via the Erie Canal in his 16-foot flat-bottom, single-engine jon boat, Robert Youens said his No. 1 is just to have fun.

A 25-year-old Florida man was rescued 12 miles offshore in a partially submerged, 12-foot-long jon boat after he’d been missing for nearly two days, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday.