Karumba

[Douglas]

Couple of pix from Karumba trip last week.

Shows that you really do need to keep an eye out around you in any waters north of Gladstone.

From left top: 2.5metres, 3metres (on mudbank behind crabbers left hand) and 4 metres +. The last one was a really big bugger.

Photos taken with a mobile phone.

Only a few crocs in downstream Norman River but every creek tributary had 2 or 3 residents.

[Barramag]

Great post and top advice Douglas.

Paulo

[3Macks]

Go upstream 120km or over to the Bynoe and they are just as big there.
And some friends were putting in a crab pot near this bank on the Nassau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWLhF53D0hQ

[Douglas]

The Nassau croc is a hefty fella.

I only saw 1 big one at Karumba with mostly smaller ones( to 3.5m) in the town reach.

Anything over 4m is big to me.

Have seen 4 genuine 5 metre ones. 1 in the downstream Roper, 1 in the Daly and 2 at John Lever's croc farm in CQ.

I know there are 2 big ones near the Norman R and Walkers Ck junction.

You expect to come across them in those places but its the ones in waters you are familiar with which are the most risky.

A couple of months ago I found myself on a isolated Fitzroy R boat ramp, on sunset, cleaning fish near the water with my back to the river. Enough ingredients for an attack were in place. I couldn't believe I had broken so many "never do these things" rules because I thought the fishing trip was over and relaxed too early.

The night belongs to the crocodile.

About 5 years ago I could go to about 6 places in the saltwater part of the Fitzroy R where I count on coming across crocs ranging from 3 - 4 metres.

Now there are about 12 or more places with a 4.5m one happily occupying a 1km stretch of the upstream freshwater section.

Ya just never know.

If its wet its probably got a croc in it.