FOUR mud crab fishermen have been rescued from Darwin Harbour after spending a night hiding from crocodiles in the mangroves.

Dutch construction worker Michiel Muller, 34, was placing mud crab traps in a creek past the Wickham Point gas plant yesterday with three friends when their boat overturned.

The four men - all from Holland and working in construction - tried to correct the 5.5m tinny when they saw a crocodile lurking in the water.



They fled to nearby mangroves where they climbed trees and spent a sleepless night being bitten by sandflies.

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Originally published as Fishermen rescued after croc scare