Man Missing after boat accident

searching for him in winnebago

What started out as an early spring fishing excursion á ended with one outdoorsman missing and searchers spending the entire afternoon in a desperate search to find him.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live with the latest.

Nick?

George á it happned on the winnebago river near the town of fertile in worth county.

Two men were boating down the river when one of them became snagged in some cables and went into the river.

"it's an ongoing thing, so we're just going to keep going with that."

Throughout the afternoon, first responders from multiple agencies combed the winnebago river for the missing man.

They employed every tool at their disposal.

"we've got air.

We've also got clear lake's drone to go underneath the water.

We're going to search with that.

And then foot traffic from both our rescue units from hanlontown and fertile."

A dive team was also part of the search.

Nats: helicopter at one point, mercy one north iowa's airámed was on standby in case the victim was found á they were eventually called back.

The other man who was in the boat was not hurt in the accident.

"he is fine, he is out of the boat.

We've been gaining information and talking to him."

The search continued throughout the afternoon and into the early evening.

Crews walked the banks and ambulances stood by á ready to transport.

With daylight runing out, the search was called off for the day.

I checked in with sheriff fank for a final update.

"we got all the teams coming of course we will keep following this story and we will bring you the latest when it happens.

Live in mason city, nick thanks nick.

Today's search was truly a team effort, with agencies like the iowa dá nár, hanlontown fire, and clear lake fire all pitching in to try and find the missing man.