UPDATE: Lake Okeechobee boating accident during FLW tournament (Pics added) **BODY FOUND**

The search for a Florida man is now in its third day at Lake Okeechobee as crews and local anglers canvass the massive lake for Nicolas Kayler, a co-angler who’s believed to have been ejected from the boat in which he was a passenger on Thursday morning, the opening day of the Southeastern FLW Series tournament at Okeechobee.
FLW officials said Kayler, along with boater Bill Kisiah, of Slidell, La., did not check in at the designated weigh-in site at C. Scott Driver Park in Okeechobee, Fla., on the north side of the lake Thursday afternoon. They were boat No. 183 in the 250-boat field and due to report back by 4:30 p.m.
After search crews began canvassing the lake Thursday evening, Kisiah and his swamped Ranger Z521 fiberglass boat were discovered near the Pahokee Marina and Campground, nearly 30 miles from the mouth of the Kissimmee River, where the field blasted off from. Kisiah was clinging to his boat and in need of medical attention, according to a witness account. He was transported to a hospital in Belle Glade, Fla., where he was in serious condition Friday, according to local media reports.
When reached by phone Friday afternoon, Kisiah told a BassFan reporter he had no comment and hung up.
FLW canceled the remainder of the tournament and Terry Tucker will be declared the winner based on the weights from Thursday.

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The boat

Last picture of anglers at take-off

Boat washed ashore


Nicholas "Nik" Kayler, missing co-angler

Bill Kisiah, of Slidell, La.



EDIT: Body found

FLW is extremely saddened to announce that the body of co-angler Nik Kayler, 38, of Apopka, Florida, has been recovered from Lake Okeechobee.

Kayler’s body was recovered from the lake near Clewiston, Florida, Wednesday morning by a commercial vessel.