Prince George- The search continues for a missing Prince George man who is feared drowned at Carp Lake west of McLeod Lake Sunday  afternoon.

Details are sketchy but  it is believed the 59 year old man was fishing and jumped overboard from the boat he was in  to retrieve his hat that had blown off.  He did not re surface . He was not wearing a life jacket.

His  friends tried to  reach him  with the  boat, but  couldn’t find him.

Sunday  and  yesterday, Mackenzie RCMP, RCMP Air Services and Search and Rescue Personnel  searched the area  but failed to  find the male.

Today, the RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team is  resuming the search.

At the request of the family, the man’s name has not been released.