KENTUCKY (WKYT) - A Kentucky college fisherman in Texas for a fishing tournament has been reported missing.

Springfield, Ky. resident Sara Ashley Hughes says her son, Peyton Hughes, a member of the Campbellsville University Kayak Fishing Team, went missing during a fishing tournament on Toledo Bend Lake in Hemp Hill, Texas.

PLEASE keep my son, Peyton Hughes and everyone searching for him in your thoughts and prayers. He was in Louisiana... Posted by Sara Ashley Hughes on Thursday, September 25, 2025

The Bass Anglers Sportsman Society reports that the kayaker’s travel partner contacted authorities after the angler did not arrive at a designated meeting place on Sept. 24.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officers began a search and have since located the angler’s kayak. However, t

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