A search is underway near Hemphill for a man who is believed to have drowned on Toledo Bend while preparing for a fishing tournament to be held this weekend.

Peyton Hughes, 21, a student enrolled at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, was reportedly seen leaving to go out on the lake on Wednesday and has not been seen or heard from since that time.

Word is that Hughes was preparing to participate in the Bass Anglers Sportsman’s Society Kayak fishing event.

Since that time game wardens from both Texas and Louisiana along with officers from other agencies have been searching the lake for Hughes but so far have only found his Kayak.

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