Sprague Lake (WDFW image)
Sprague Lake (WDFW image)
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The Adams County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the deaths of two duck hunters on Saturday.

  The 2 did not return home from a trip to Sprague Lake

63-year-old Rock Dwayne Bass and 69-year-old Gary Thomas Meyers had headed to the lake that is north of Ritzville and next to Sprague, WA around 5 AM Saturday.

Family members said they planned to be home by 5 PM after duck hunting.Their last known position in the water was at 1:44 PM said the ACSO, but family members called emergency services when they did not return home.

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The ACSO, Spokane Rescue, Lind and Sprague Fire Units all searched the large lake for a number of hours before the bodies of the two men were found around 11:45 PM.

The ACSO has not said what their cause of death was yet, the investigation continues.

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