AnswerID: 36181 Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:33
Meggs
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Geoff don't get too paranoid about the croc's. I had my first trip to the gulf area this year and I was concerned about croc's so I read all the information I could about them. One thing you will have to be very careful about is the kids as they look small to a croc and you look big so they will pick the easy meal first.
As far as the local go I was
fishing from the bank in the
Gilbert River and I was told there were only freshies there but I found a 3m saltie very interested in my
fishing. At Walker creek there is a well used swimming rope in a tree no more than 10m from a croc warning sign, I also saw the same at the Glenore weir. There is an old saying "if you can catch
Barramundi there will be croc's there". If you have a boat you will see heaps on them on the mudbanks at low tide but they will be very spooky and will be in the water long before you can get anywhere near them.
One of the best
places to go to see croc's is the the Kawana Crocodille farm in
Rockhampton. They have some very large unsociable crocs there in individual pools. Have the kids try and spot the crocs there and wait until they are fed and see the size of them and how far a large croc can come out of the water for a feed and keep at least that far back from the banks. Billabong sanctury is good but for big croc's you can't beat Kawana.
My
fishing was more in the southern area Norman, Walker Creek, Bynoe, Gilbert and at
Cape Melville Muck creek.
Don't fish of a night time as they can see a lot better than you.
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