<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rough seas forced rescue boats to call off their search today for missing south Sydney fisherman Michael Hamde who fell overboard on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His friend Mohammed Ali Saad was following Hamde in another boat out of Port Hacking on the day he went missing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I spoke to him last on Tuesday, roughly 8.30am, he was heading out, we were chasing tuna that day, we don't know what happened," Saad said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tarneit-fatheroftwo-critically-injured-in-melbourne-road-rage-incident/eed68dce-d5a4-4046-b4b1-71ffd5229eec" target="_blank"><strong><span>Father-of-two fighting for life after suspected road rage attack in Melbourne</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-mums-doing-ugc-side-hustle-instead-of-traditional-jobs/fb137f82-ecd3-4dc2-9d5c-856ef621faf7" target="_blank"><strong><span>Aussie mums ditching 'traditional' jobs for booming side hustle</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is thought Hamde wasn't wearing a life jacket when it's feared he fell overboard as he tried to reel in a tuna.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We hope that you all pray for him, so we can bring him back to his family," Saad said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/friends-offer-reward-in-search-for-missing-sydney-fisherman/8dc57594-b169-4747-ae3d-0b1ea3f00e93" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will do the best we can to find him."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Friends of the 35-year-old, who is married with three young children, are offering a $25,000 reward to anyone who finds any trace of him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Marine Rescue NSW boats also joined the search today and urged all boaties to log onto their fishing mobile phone app before they head out.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Commissioner Alex Barrell said the app had the ability to track locations with the right settings in place.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last month alone 150 people in the greater Sydney area were returned safely to shore.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However it is estimated 80 per cent of boat journeys are not being logged on the Marine Rescue NSW app or by logging onto marine radio.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When things go wrong out there, if you're by yourself, it's very hard for people to know what's happened," Barrell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>