Man yells at Asian man and his mother for fishing in 'Australian waters'

A man who took his 82yo mum fishing by the side of an Aussie lake got more than he bargained for after an explosive row was caught on camera.

An explosive confrontation has erupted by the side of a lake where a man was berated for fishing in “Australian waters”.

In dramatic footage of the incident, one man can be seen telling a fisherman and his 82-year-old mother that they are not welcome to fish there because they are Chinese.

A female passer-by then steps in, leading to a fiery war of words.

In the footage, the woman filming approaches a man in a southern cross hoodie who is speaking with an Asian man and his mum fishing by a lakeside.

The man in the hoodie can be heard telling the pair to “f*** off” and pointing at the body of water, saying “this is Australian water, not international water”.

The woman filming then interjects.

“You need to leave,” she says to the hooded man. “Why are you yelling at them? They are just fishing.”

The man can be heard telling the fisherman and his mum to f*** off.

He claims they are not allowed to fish there because they are “Chinese”.

“This is Australian water,” the man replies.

“I’ve got family in the ADF and their country just nuked an Australian vessel. They are Chinese.”

The man appeared to be referring to an incident in November in which divers with the Royal Australian Navy suffered minor injuries during an incident involving a Chinese warship off the coast of Japan.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said at the time that HMAS Toowoomba was operating in international waters when a People’s Liberation Army-Navy destroyer approached, despite communications with Toowoomba.

The Chinese ship activated its sonar, forcing the navy divers to exit the water.

However, the woman filming the lakeside incident wasn’t backing down.

“Oh my God you are so embarrassing,” the woman said. “Are you serious?”

The man fishing then begins arguing with the hooded man before the woman behind the camera tells him not to stress.

“This is a lovely day, do you have nothing better to do than to yell at these poor people?” she asks.

“Exactly, so enjoy your lovely day and f*** off,” the man replies.

The woman then asks the hooded man if he’s proud of what he’s doing.

He crosses his arms and says: “If it’s in international waters, and Australians aren’t going to pick up Australians, you’re going to stick a phone in my face. Are you proud of yourself?”

The man then argues with a woman filming.

The man climbs the bank and walks away.

The man then claims the woman is violating his rights as an Australian by filming him.

He climbs up the bank of the lake while holding onto a tree, then tells the fisherman to speak to “dictator Xi Jinping” about the issue.

“Because my family had sonar nuked on them in international waters,” he said while making hand gestures and speaking in slow, broken English. “So this water. Australian water. You stay away.

“I see Chinese fishing in local pond, in suburban area. Not good.”

He then walks off along the lakeside.

The video, which was uploaded to TikTok this week, has racked up almost 42,000 views and many praised the woman filming for stepping in.

“Good job for speaking up,” one person said.

Others were critical of the hooded man.

“Wow, what a local hero!!” one person wrote sarcastically. “Saving our waters from innocent people fishing.”

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has been contacted for comment.