A fisherman risking an encounter with a crocodile while fishing at Cahills Crossing. Picture: Instagram / @a_zone_365

A GUTSY fisherman stood knee-deep in an infamous feeding ground for saltwater crocodiles, a video has revealed.

The footage shows a shirtless man in shorts fishing at Cahills Crossing, the river crossing between Kakadu and Arnhem Land in the Kakadu National Park, about 150km from Darwin.

Cahills Crossing is a notorious hot spot for crocs and is one of the most dangerous bodies of water in Australia.

A tragic number of deaths have occurred at the crossing, including one earlier this year.

A gutsy fisherman risks his life in Australia’s most dangerous bodies of water. Picture: Instagram / @a_zone_365Source:Supplied

On that occasion, a 47-year-old man was killed by a 3.5m croc when he was wading across Cahills Crossing.

There are warning signs advising people not to enter the water, but some choose to ignore them. Others don’t stop to read them. But those who know what danger lurks below the surface don’t enter.

The 47-year-old was with two women, who alerted authorities. His body was found two kms downstream.

The women had managed to pass through the crossing safely.

The Parks and Wildlife Commission NT crocodile management chief ranger Tom Nichols told news.com.au he couldn’t put a number on the amount of crocodiles lurking at Cahills Crossing but rangers last year counted 120 crocs in a six-kilomtre stretch just south of where the man was spotted fishing.

Swarms of saltwater crocodiles gather at Cahill's Crossing in Arnhem Land.Source:Supplied

Last month the NT News reported a man and his two mates decided to drive through the crossing in a Landcruiser.

The trio had a lucky escape from the car and crocs, after a strong gush of water knocked the car off the road.

Up to 40 crocodiles at a time can loiter around Cahills Crossing to feast on fish that are headed upstream with changing tides.

In 1987, 40-year-old father Kerry McLoughlin was decapitated by a croc just over five metres long.

Fairfax Media reported he was fishing with his son and fell into the water.

He pegged a beer can at the croc but it grabbed him before he could escape up the bank.