Tributes for the 23-year-old have flooded social media as the tragic news spreads through the tight knit community.

The Kununurra resident said the waterway was ... This month a 1.8-metre salty was caught at the Lake Argyle Dam wall and in April a two-metre specimen was captured in Lily Creek Lagoon.

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An Australian mining company has revealed its plan to be the first to utilise Lake Argyle's hydro-electricity project since the closure of the Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia's far north.