Body of missing Vic fisherman found

Divers have found the body of a 20-year-old man who disappeared while swimming in a muddy Victorian lagoon.

The man had been fishing with two friends near Wonga Park golf course when they decided to jump into the water for a swim late Monday afternoon.

He got into difficulty and disappeared, a police spokeswoman said.

His friends tried to find him but weren't strong swimmers and were hampered by the lagoon's mud and clay, she said.

The body was recovered from the lagoon, in Melbourne's outer north-east, about 2.15pm on Tuesday.