RedactedNarrative: On January 31, 2018 at or around 1300 hours, operator launched his PELICAN kayak on KY Lake from Grays Landing to fish.  OPERATOR eventually paddled under the Ned R McWherter Bridge and beached the kayak on an island just south of the bridge around 1400 hours.    At 1530 hours, a bystander at Grays Landing called 911 and reported that he could hear someone yelling and in distress from the water north of the bridge.  At or around 1630 hours, Stewart County Fire Rescue found OPERATOR submersed in the water with his left arm around a Type II PFD that was buckled to the capsized kayak.    OPERATOR was pulled from the water and taken by boat to a waiting ambulance where he was transported to Henry County Medical Center and later pronounced dead.  There were strong winds and choppy waters.