RedactedNarrative: O1 was operating V1 on Lake Sharpe approximately 200 yards offshore (south) of the Fort George boat ramp.  O1 was fishing out of his kayak (V1)and dropped his fishing rod and reel into the water.  In attempt to retrieve the rod and reel O1 fell overboard out of V1.  O1 then hung on to V1 until he was rescued by three people in a boat.  O1 was in the water approximately 25 minutes.
  
  
  Two Game, Fish, & Parks employees were at the Fort George boat ramp on Lake Sharpe working on the ramp when one of the employees noticed the man in the water hanging on to his kayak.  The employees then called 911 and also attempted to get the attention of a boat on the other side of the lake but were unable to.  During this time one of the GFP employees flagged down a passing vehicle on the nearby highway who was towing a boat and asked him to aid in the rescue.  At this time a South Dakota state trooper arrived on the scene.  The state trooper, one GFP employee, and the good Samaritan traveling by with a boat then launched a boat and rescued O1.