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s a id this the three o f t h e m
s a w what they desc ribed a s a
g o rilla type creature co m i n g
o u t of the forest area near th e
d a m end (I think the sw i m
t h ere was called the p o s t)
T he creature turned to l o o k
a t them, p ause, then ran se m i
u p right using front arms a n d
l e gs to mo ve. It ran across t h e
t h i n g s , a t Ha i n a u l t , C a r p s t o c k
was at that time maybe 50 to
6 0 f i s h . Mo s t o f t h e s e h a d b e e n
recently stocked. The main A
team were around 8-9 fish,
t h e b i g g e n , s m a l l 3 0 , Wa l l e r s
f i s h , p e a c h , f r i e n d l y f i sh , t h e
f l o p ( Fa i r l o p f i s h ) , t h e s i l v e r
common and one that got
p u t i n t h e s e a s o n I w a s t h e r e,
o p en field side that slo p e d
f r om the opposite fo r e s t ,
w hich was Hainault Golf C l u b
s i de and into the trees a n d
w as gone. Rich, Larry and t h e
o t her lad all looked at e a c h
o t her, mouths wide o pen a n d
R i ch asking the other l a d s
i f they saw that and they a l l
c o nfirmed they did. It sou n d s
m ad and crazy and if any o n e
r e ading this has an inqui si ti v e
m i nd and wants to try a n d
f i n d some local newspa p e r
r e ports, of sightings of a n
a p elike creature in Hain a u l t
Fo rest, I think it was in t h e
l o cal newspapers o ver t h e
y e ars!!
Back to the fishing si d e o f
that someone had rescued
from a lake near the Dartford
Tu n n e l t h a t w a s g o i n g t o b e
b a c k f i l l e d, i t w a s 2 2 / 2 3 l b a n d
i t e n d e d u p i n s o m e o n e ’s
p o n d f o r a n i g h t o r 2 be f o r e
i t wa s r e l e a s e d i n t o H a i n a u l t .
All the other carp were a mix
of young mirrors and older
supposedly stunted commons
a r o u n d t h e 1 0 -1 3 l b m a r k, a n d
w i t h o u t d o i n g a n i n j u st i c e t o
another older member of the
group I nearly missed Dent
H e a d, a c o m m o n o f a r o u n d t h e
u p p e r d o u b l e si ze.
Quite a few of the commons
got moved up the road into
Fa i r l o p Wa t er s b i g l a k e a n d
t h o se f i sh f l o u r i s h e d a n d w e n t
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