{"id":223417,"date":"2025-10-18T19:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/223417\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T19:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:25:21","slug":"wild-footage-shows-the-moment-croc-comes-charging-for-anglers-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/223417\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild footage shows the moment croc &#8216;comes charging&#8217; for angler&#8217;s catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isla was on a fishing trip in the Kimberley last weekend desperately trying to reel in a barramundi when a large crocodile suddenly made a beeline for boat.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t after the passengers \u2013 \ufeffit was after her catch.<\/p>\n<p>Wild footage of the moment shows the croc speeding towards \ufeffthe boat, then shifting trajectory to chase the flailing fish.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/13bb9a1a-b9eb-459f-9b84-6d5373df7a04.png\"   alt=\"The croc went straight for the fish Isla was trying to reel in.\"\/>The croc went straight for the fish Isla was trying to reel in. (TikTok\/@islabell96)<\/p>\n<p>It goes for the barramundi, briefly snagging the line as Isla and other passengers shout behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p>But the fish slips away, narrowly avoiding a second pass from the croc before Isla manages to reel it in.<\/p>\n<p>She called the experience &#8220;absolutely mental&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d been out for probably an hour and a half and there were three or four [crocs] around the boat, actually,&#8221; she told 9news.com.au.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This one was just watching us for a while, and then saw his opportunity in my big barramundi and came charging for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/07fddd5a-2bb4-48ea-bd4b-fab5f7c46635.png\"   alt=\"The croc went straight for the fish Isla was trying to reel in.\"\/>Isla called the experience &#8220;absolutely mental&#8221;. (TikTok\/@islabell96)<\/p>\n<p>Isla said the crocs seemed &#8220;pretty friendly&#8221; and mostly just watched from afar.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I must admit, I probably should have been more nervous at the crocs, but I&#8217;m used to having them around because I see them a lot in the Kimberly,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was more keen to just land my fish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the barramundi she reeled in ended up being \ufeffa bit smaller than what she was after, so they ended up tossing it back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We like to keep our waters pristine and we had another fish in the boat already,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Isla shared the clip of her unreal catch to TikTok, where it has since amassed more than half a million views.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d2ab715f-b299-4dc7-8931-ba46a6d2b20d.png\"   alt=\"Isla lives in Broome and was in the Kimberley for a fishing trip.\"\/>Isla lives in Broome and was in the Kimberley for a fishing trip. (TikTok\/@islabell96)<\/p>\n<p>Originally from London, she lives in Broome with her partner, who runs a fishing charter and introduced her to barramundi fishing.<\/p>\n<p>Though she&#8217;s still getting the hang of it, she can now add &#8220;beat a croc to a barramundi&#8221; to her resume.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isla was on a fishing trip in the Kimberley last weekend desperately trying to reel in a barramundi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-223417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}