now ill tell u my side after posting on nw carp about me and my mate finding this 40plus common in destress after a recent capture ive now been banned from the site

thursday morning
me an a mate went down got to the gates an a lad was parked up outside the gates so we went to the opsosite end from him at 0735 the lad was seen chucking his gear in his car and driving off so we went for a look down that end to find no tackle in the swim.so we said we would fish there i stood one side of the swim my m8 stood the other side as i got closer to the waters edge i noticed a fish ON ITS SIDE 1/2 foot from the bank with its head in a big weed bed so my m8 got his waders on and got in to put it in a better place this fish had a fresh hook hold witch ended up being a bit of a tear.
so we stayed about and looked after this fish with extra care bear in mind it was about 0800 the fish was nt looking good we just held it there till it got enuf in her to swim off witch she did around 230pm we stayed there for a hour an a half after gob smacked at wot we had just witnesed as u can imagane. when we saw a white shape 50ish yrds out on closer inspection with the bino's it was the fish we could see its pec fin sticking up after a few fone calls it come out that this lad had it and fecked off?

this fish has not been found yet so theres still hope but to tell u the truth its not looking good
i fort id get my story a cross as ive been banned from nw carp for wot ive said????
dan