Four fishermen stranded at sea cling to Esky after boat capsizes off coast

Bodycam footage has captured the man’s one-liner after he became stranded at sea for 30 minutes clinging to an Esky with four other mates.

A police bodycam has caught the hilarious moment four fishermen were rescued from sea after their boat capsized. Picture: WA Police

One of four fisherman who became stranded at sea had a hilarious reaction after he realised they had left something behind on their capsized boat off the West Australian coast.

The fisherman sent out a distress call to police about 7.25am on Sunday after the boat they were in began to capsize about 300m off Garden Island.

Police were told the vessel was taking on water and had begun to sink.

Four fishermen were rescued from the water. Picture: WA Police

The men are believed to have been in the water for half an hour. Picture: WA Police

About 15 minutes later, water police and marine rescue boats arrived on the scene.

By this point the four fishermen were already in the ocean, with the bow of the boat just visible above the water line.

Bodycam footage taken by the rescuing officers shows the moment they arrive on the scene to find two men with life jackets bobbing in the water.

Rescue teams were rushed to the scene after the group issued a distress call. Picture: WA Police

Two of the men were found clinging to an Esky. Picture: WA Police

The two men were helped on-board the boat before the rescue team found the others.

“We’ve got two on-board and we’re en route within a few seconds to get the other two,” one of the officers can be heard saying.

Not long after, the two other men were found with their arms clinging to a massive green ice chest.

The officers help them on-board before fishing the Esky out of the water and lugging it onto the boat.

When the Esky was retrieved the men realised it was not the one they wanted to save. Picture: WA Police

The Esky with the beer was back with the boat. Picture: WA Police

“The other Esky has got beers in it,” one of the fisherman says followed by a sigh.

“That one’s just ice and bloody bait.”

Marine rescue towed the sunken vessel back to shore.

None of the four rescued people were seriously injured, and it is believed they had spent about half an hour in the water.