The Memorial Day weekend got off to a deadly start Friday morning when a fisherman who was not wearing a life jacket drowned after he fell out of his boat at Caesar Creek Lake.

The man, whose name will not be released until officials can notify his relatives, was alone in a cove near where Harveysburg Road dead ends into the lake, witnesses said.

He was found face down in about seven or eight feet of water at about 10:30 a.m. His body was pulled a few feet to shore by another fisherman, who performed CPR.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and no foul play is suspected, said Dr. Russell Uptegrove, Warren County coroner.

It was unclear if the man fell into the water because of some kind of medical issue or lost his balance, Uptegrove said. An autopsy has been ordered.

Larry Tudor of Moraine, who was fishing, said he heard the man yelling for help. He said the water wasn’t that deep and he didn’t understand why the man couldn’t get back into the boat.

The man wasn’t wearing a life jacket, said Jeff Boester of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. He said everyone around water needs to “be responsible” for their actions by wearing a life jacket.

A few hours after the incident, another fisherman pulled his boat into the dock. When asked if he wears a life jacket, the man, who said he fishes the lake about every day, said no because they’re “a hassle.”

The drowning was the first this year in a state park, according to ODNR records. It was the sixth drowning at Caesar Creek Lake since 1994, and the first since 2006, officials said.

Last year, there were 11 drownings in state parks, reports show.