Search Effort Underway For Missing Boater In Sturgeon Lake

STURGEON LAKE, Minn. – Authorities in Pine County are searching for a missing boater in Sturgeon Lake.

According to the Pine County Sheriff’s Office, the call for help came in around 4:30 p.m. Saturday for the missing 28-year-old male, who reportedly jumped out of a boat into the water to recover an article that had blown out.

Another boater unsuccessfully tried to save the man.

About twelve officials from various agencies continue to search the lake in what Pine County Sheriff Jeff Nelson says is likely not a rescue but a recovery mission.

“We have boats in the water right now that are using sonar technology to search the bottom and we do have a dive team that is available to go in and check some of those spots if we see the need to,” said Sheriff Nelson.

Search efforts are planned until dark on Sunday and will resume Monday morning until the man is located.

His name and where he is from have not been released.