LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The search for a man who went missing during a Sunday kayaking trip ended on Thursday, when his body was discovered on the Clear Lake shoreline.

The body of 28-year-old Dylan Rockne Flanagan of San Francisco was found Thursday morning, said Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Paulich said a Cal Fire crew traveling through the area found Flanagan’s body at 10:40 a.m. on the shoreline in the area of Olson Road in Clearlake Oaks.

Flanagan’s death is the fifth on Clear Lake this year, the sheriff’s office reported. Clearlake Oaks has been the site of the majority of those deaths; in early June, there were three deaths in just one weekend, all offshore of Clearlake Oaks.

Flanagan, who had been staying in a vacation rental in the area of Olson Road and East Highway 20 to celebrate his 28th birthday and a job promotion, had gone kayaking Sunday afternoon but didn’t return, as Lake County News has reported.

The conditions at the time were reported to be windy, with high waves on Clear Lake. Flanagan was reportedly not wearing a life jacket.

What followed was a four-day-long search effort led by the Lake County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol, with the assistance of Flanagan’s family, friends and co-workers.

During the course of those search efforts, items believed to have been his — the kayak, a paddle, a flip-flop, a water bottle and a hydration backpack — were located throughout the search area, which had included Widgeon Bay to Rattlesnake Island and Clark’s Island.

The Marine Patrol had been running a grid pattern search and also had used side scan sonar.

Paulich said Flanagan’s autopsy is scheduled for next week.

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