Search underway for missing fisherman in Canterbury

Police are searching the Tekapo canal for the missing fisherman. Photo / Hamish Clark

A search and rescue operation is underway after a man failed to return home from a fishing trip in the Twizel-Tekapo area on Saturday.

Police received a report of the man being overdue from a fishing trip on Sunday evening.

The man's car was located at Irishman Creek yesterday.

A police spokesperson said they will be searching the Tekapo Canal with the assistance of the Police National Dive Squad this afternoon.