The search effort is actively underway for two fishermen, Randall Spivey, aged 57, and Brandon Billmaier, aged 33, after their boat was discovered adrift without them.

Spivey, along with Billmaier, embarked on a fishing trip off the coast of Fort Meyers, Florida, on Friday. According to a social media update shared by Shelby Talcott, a White House correspondent for Semafor, Billmaier’s wife reported that her husband and his uncle left early Friday morning with plans to return that afternoon. However, by 7:30 p.m., they had not returned, and the family had no contact from them.

Randall Spivey, described as being 6-foot-1, was last seen dressed in khaki pants and a dark shirt.

Billmaier’s wife explained that around 11:00 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard initiated a helicopter search. By 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the family was informed that the boat had been located 70 miles offshore, but both men were missing.

“We need to find them. Please, please find them,” pleaded Tricia Spivey, Randall’s wife, in a statement to WBBH-TV. “They are wonderful people. I just need him to come back. He needs to return to us.”

The boat that missing fishermen Randall Spivey, 57, and his nephew, Brandon Billmaier, 33, were on was found empty. (U.S. Coast Guard)

The family is hoping that more people will be able to join the rescue effort and is asking for those who are willing and able to reach out. Spivey and Billmaier’s family is asking those who cannot aid in the rescue to keep the men in their prayers.

On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it was leading the search and asked for anyone with information to call U.S. Coast Guard Sector St Petersburg at 866-881-1392.

Brandon Billmaier, 33, went missing while fishing off the coast of Florida with his uncle, Randall Spivey.

Spivey is a 6-foot-1 man with brown hair and brown eyes, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. He was last seen wearing khaki pants and a dark-colored shirt.

Billmaier is 6-foot-2 and has strawberry hair and brown eyes. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office did not describe what the 33-year-old was last seen wearing. 

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office directed Fox News Digital to the U.S. Coast Guard for additional updates.