AN elderly fisherman has been found dead in a central Queensland creek after falling from a boat when he was trying to help a mate.
Police say the 74-year-old man's body was found near Koumala, south of Mackay, about 11am (AEST) on Sunday.
The man had been fishing with three friends, aged 86, 71 and 51, on Saturday afternoon.
The 86-year-old man had gone into the water to untangle a motor, but became stuck in mud.
The 74-year-old tried to throw an anchor to his mate to grab onto, but slipped and fell backwards off the boat as he threw it.
The older man was eventually hauled back on board but the friends couldn't find the 74-year-old man.
To add to their trauma, when the men went back to their camp to alert authorities they found that a bushfire had swept through and destroyed their car, tents and belongings.
Emergency services then searched for the missing man until late at night and resumed the search on Sunday morning.
His body was found about 20 hours after he went missing.
Firefighters and local property owners were battling to put out spot fires in the area on Sunday.
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