About 8.15am, Wednesday 13 May 2020, emergency services attended the southern side of the Sandon River at Brooms Head after reports a male fisherman was pulled from the water.
He died at the scene and is yet to be formally identified.
Officers attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District have commenced inquiries and the death is not being treated as suspicious.
A report will be prepared for the information of the coroner.
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