Noosa fisherman captures underwater image of possible crocodile sighting
Long-time Noosa fisherman James Graham shared the photo of the crocodile-shaped silhouette from the fish sounder on his boat in the Noosa River yesterday.
"I've been fishing all of my life and I commit myself to the best fishing equipment on the boat.
"So when I was driving along at Noosa, just throwing a line in, something came across the screen that just looked like it belonged many hundreds of kilometres north."
The Department of Environment confirmed it was aware of the reports and was investigating, but noted Gladstone's Boyne River, about 300km north of Noosa, was "commonly considered the southern boundary of typical crocodile habitat".
However, earlier this month a crocodile was euthanased by rangers after being found in the Mary River, about 50km inland from Noosa.
Rangers were also searching for a crocodile earlier in the year when one of the ancient animals was spotted at Inskip Point, about 60km north of Noosa.
It was never caught.
Mr Graham said he had heard some discussion on social media earlier that day of a crocodile being spotted and immediately doubted it.
"I thought, 'In the middle of winter, in the middle of Noosa? That's the silliest thing I've ever heard'," he said.
But the figure spotted on his equipment changed his mind.
"It's very, very clear," he said.
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