Search continues for missing fisherman on Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown

Search efforts to find a fisherman missing on Lake Wakatipu are continuing for a second day.

Police said a man was reported missing on the Glenorchy lake , in Otago, about 3.20pm yesterday.

It's understood he was fishing near the shore when he went missing.

A shoreline search was undertaken yesterday, and a search of the shore from the water is currently occurring.

The police national dive squad is expected to be deployed later today.