{"id":611218,"date":"2025-12-04T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611218\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:03:19","slug":"the-monster-lurking-in-greater-manchesters-canal-thats-so-big-its-been-mistaken-for-a-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611218\/","title":{"rendered":"The monster lurking in Greater Manchester’s canal that’s so big it’s been mistaken for a LOG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dubbed a ‘unit’, it was seen gliding between moored boats\"AA monster fish has been spotted lurking just beneath the surface of a canal in Greater Manchester
\n(Image: Jam Press\/Fevre Dream Cruising)<\/p>\n

A monster fish has been spotted lurking just beneath the surface of a canal in Greater Manchester – and is so big it was mistaken by locals for a floating log.<\/p>\n

The enormous carp is estimated to be over two feet long and weighing more than 30lb. Dubbed a ‘unit’, it was seen gliding between moored boats.<\/p>\n

The beast dwarfs your average carp, which usually weigh between 10 and 20lb. It was spotted by Sarah Mather, who spoke of the moment she saw the colossal creature drifting past on the Bridgewater Canal near Stretford, in Trafford.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not ready for what\u2019s swimming around the boats on the Bridgewater Canal,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought it was a log at first – nope.<\/p>\n

\"AA monster fish has been spotted lurking just beneath the surface of a canal in Greater Manchester(Image: Jam Press\/Fevre Dream Cruising)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an actual underwater unit. A carp that size is very uncommon. We were really shocked to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bridgewater Canal – which links Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh – is steeped in history. Commissioned by Francis Egerton, the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, it was originally built to shuttle coal from his Worsley mines to Manchester. Opening in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester, it was later extended to Runcorn and Leigh.<\/p>\n

\"DubbedDubbed a ‘unit’, it was seen gliding between moored boats(Image: Jam Press\/Fevre Dream Cruising)<\/p>\n

And various species of fish can be found along the Bridgewater Canal including Rudd, Roach, Carp, Perch, Bream, Tench and Pike.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not the first time the canal has produced a whopper. Back in June, an angler hauled in a 25lb carp, but this newly spotted leviathan looks set to smash that record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dubbed a ‘unit’, it was seen gliding between moored boatsA monster fish has been spotted lurking just beneath…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[103266,748,393,4884,2465,8836,1289,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-611218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-bridgewater-canal","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-stretford","14":"tag-trafford","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115660260249179563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}