April fool gag gone awry?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/03/shipwrecked-sailor-survived-66-days-at-sea-on-rainwater-raw-fish-and-prayers/
Something smells here.
Nobody goes into the open ocean to "go fishing" late in January. I've got a lot more experience than this guy had, and I wouldn't dare try it, not in mid-winter, not off that coast, and certainly not alone.
And he doesn't look like a guy who's had a broken shoulder for a couple of months.