A far north Queensland fisherman has spent his birthday sharing a bunk bed with a two-metre crocodile.

Ashley Sala was fishing from a bank at a creek in Innisfail, south of Cairns, on Tuesday when the croc latched onto his fishing line.

A fisherman has gone to great lengths to save a crocodile he accidently captured, sharing a bed with it so he could watch it. Credit:Jacky Ghossein

‘‘It’s the last place you’d expect to find a croc,’’ the local, who had turned 45 that day, told AAP.

‘‘At first I thought it was a massive barramundi and I thought all my birthdays had come at once.’’