Dive team recovers body from Bass Lake after man entered water and went missing
Divers recovered the body late Tuesday afternoon of a man who went missing after entering Bass Lake the previous afternoon, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said.
His identity was not immediately released.
The office was notified about 3 p.m. Monday of a potential drowning at the Lupine Campground Day Use area of Bass Lake, the sheriff’s office said on social media.
Deputies and the water rescue team began searching the water for the 31-year-old man, who entered the lake to retrieve a rented boat that had floated away from the shore, the office said.
The man was not located Monday despite search efforts, the sheriff’s office said. Resources from Fresno and Tulare counties joined Tuesday morning when the search resumed.
This story was originally published April 25, 2023 at 10:31 AM.
