A fisherman participating in a local tournament on Lake Tawakoni was rescued Saturday morning after spending more than three hours in the water following a boating accident, Texas Game Wardens said.

Fisherman rescued What we know: Game wardens in Rains County were notified shortly before 7:15 a.m. about a missing boater who was thrown from his vessel after striking a stump in the lake.

Search crews scoured the water for several hours before game wardens spotted the man through binoculars and pulled him to safety.