AN ARGUMENT at a bar during a night out with friends led to the death of teenager Jason Daep.

The former student of St Clare's Catholic High in Hassal Grove was known among his friends as a little kid with a big heart and a feisty streak.

Jason Daep ... "an iconic personality".

But it was his involvement in a fight that turned into a brawl at Cockle Bay early on Sunday morning that allegedly resulted in him being pushed into the water where he drowned.

''I'll always remember you as the funniest, down to earth, never taking shit from no one guy,'' said one friend yesterday. ''You always had my back no matter what.''