A fishing influencer who was missing at sea after issuing a mayday call was found dead days later in Mexican waters, according to his family.

The body of Mikey Rijavec, best known for his “Fish and Sips” YouTube channel, was recovered on Sunday in the waters near San Cristobal, his brother Gregory said in an update on GoFundMe to assist the search for the influencer.

Rijavec was last heard from on the afternoon of Nov. 11 when a mayday call was made from his boat as he fished off the coast of Baja California.

He was fishing eight miles off the coast when he made the mayday call. Fellow anglers tried to help him with his reported engine trouble over the phone, but the call suddenly ended, NBC San Diego reported.

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