Maryland Natural Resources Police recovered the body yesterday morning of a Talbot County man who was thrown from his boat Saturday afternoon in Cummings Creek.

Police spokesman John Surrick said search crews, using a tracking dog, found the body of Joseph B. Janda Sr., 41, at 9: 47 a.m. in Cummings Creek, about a half-mile from Wittman. Janda's body will be sent to the state medical examiner's office in Baltimore for an autopsy.

Janda and a 13-year-old relative -- identified by the Associated Press as his son, Joey -- were setting eel pots in Cummings Creek and were returning to shore to get more supplies about 1 p.m. when their 19-foot Carolina skiff swerved, throwing both from the boat, Surrick said.

The boy, who swam about 200 feet to shore, was taken to a local hospital for treatment and returned to the scene to help search for Janda, Surrick said.

Pub Date: 3/29/99