CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Nueces County Sheriff's Office was called to search for a missing fisherman Wednesday morning off the Intracoastal Waterway near the Barney Davis Power Plant in Flour Bluff.
According to the Sheriff's Office, it was around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when they received the call. A group of fishermen from Austin, Texas, reported that they had dropped a friend off to fish in the shallow waters near the Bluff Marina at around 7:30 a.m. When they returned to pick him up at around 9:10 a.m., he was nowhere to be found.
The group of fishermen from Austin reportedly searched the area for about an hour before calling authorities.
The Nueces County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Coast Guard were sent out to conduct a search and thankfully were able to locate and rescue the missing fisherman. No injuries were reported.
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