NEWLYWED Jo-Anne Easterbrook fell in love with a fisherman but it wasn’t her groom who stole the show on their wedding day.

After tying the knot in a beachfront ceremony on Monday, the Northern Territory resident and her wedding party were posing for photos on the Palm Cove jetty when they witnessed a dinghy capsize and its owner drift out to sea.

“During our shoot the videographer turned around and said ‘What happened there?’,” Mrs Easterbrook said.

“Up goes this boat and over it turns.

“We were looking around to see if everything was OK.”

Without a moment’s hesitation, the groomsmen – Dougal “Doogs” Grey and Clayton “Deani” Deane – stripped down to their underwear and leapt into the churning water, swimming to the man’s aid.

The wayward boat was drifting dangerously close to nearby rocks and Mrs Easterbrook said the man was gasping for breath.

“Deani was first,” she said.

“They helped the guy then went back to get the boat and outboard motor, and all the other bits and pieces that were in the boat like fuel containers and tackle boxes.

“The fisherman wasn’t in the water for very long, he was still afloat and conscious.

“I think he was a bit shocked … exhausted but grateful.”

The ordeal was caught on camera by the party’s film-­ographer and photographer as well as their aerial camera drone.

After pulling the fisherman to safety, the groomsmen returned for more wedding photos on the jetty – this time in their underwear, dripping wet and a little battered and bruised.

“It was just an extra story to add, we had a few hiccups leading up to the wedding,” Mrs Easterbrook said.

“It was one we definitely had a good laugh about at the reception.”

Mrs Easterbrook met her husband Aaron in Nhulunbuy seven years ago and they chose to marry in Cairns after holidaying there together.

“He was a local boy and I was new from Brisbane,” she said.

“Fishing brought us together and our love for our bush and town. I guess we both found our perfect catch.”

The couple leaves tonight for a nine-day honeymoon in Fiji.