AnglerRadar / Compare rivers Compare river fishing evidence · England
Same facts. No winner score. Choose two named waters and compare the evidence that actually exists. Survey effort, species records and freshness are shown separately because none proves access, current presence or fishing quality.
Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
Survey sites 17
Survey events 86
Recorded taxa 21
Evidence period 24 May 1994 – 11 Jun 2025
Sites latest within 2 years 4
Sites latest over 10 years ago 10
EA waterbody IDs GB112069060780 · GB112069061050
Access status Not established by survey data Thames
Survey sites 56
Survey events 264
Recorded taxa 31
Evidence period 28 Sept 1999 – 14 Oct 2025
Sites latest within 2 years 16
Sites latest over 10 years ago 31
EA waterbody IDs GB106039017420 · GB106039023120 · GB106039023140 · GB106039023172
Access status Not established by survey data Overlap
16 recorded taxa appear in both survey sets The site counts are shown per water. A higher count can reflect more monitoring sites, not a larger or healthier population.
Brown / sea trout River Etherow 17 River Kennet 47 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 14 Oct 2025 Chub River Etherow 12 River Kennet 41 Latest evidence 2 Sept 2008 · 9 Oct 2025 Roach River Etherow 11 River Kennet 36 Latest evidence 9 Jun 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 Gudgeon River Etherow 14 River Kennet 31 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 1 Oct 2025 Perch River Etherow 6 River Kennet 38 Latest evidence 21 Sept 2009 · 9 Oct 2025 Dace River Etherow 2 River Kennet 41 Latest evidence 8 May 2008 · 9 Oct 2025 Barbel River Etherow 4 River Kennet 22 Latest evidence 9 May 2006 · 25 Sept 2025 Minnow River Etherow 14 River Kennet 11 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 14 Oct 2025 Grayling River Etherow 3 River Kennet 21 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 Common bream River Etherow 3 River Kennet 19 Latest evidence 9 May 2006 · 25 Sept 2025 Stone loach River Etherow 9 River Kennet 8 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 8 Oct 2025 Bullhead River Etherow 3 River Kennet 11 Latest evidence 11 Jun 2025 · 14 Oct 2025 Brook lamprey River Etherow 5 River Kennet 7 Latest evidence 21 Sept 2009 · 14 Oct 2025 3-spined stickleback River Etherow 7 River Kennet 4 Latest evidence 11 Aug 2023 · 14 Oct 2025 Rainbow trout River Etherow 1 River Kennet 8 Latest evidence 21 Sept 2001 · 8 Oct 2024 Brook lamprey > ammocoete River Etherow 3 River Kennet 1 Latest evidence 11 Aug 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 Only in the River Etherow survey set Lamprey sp. 4 sites · latest 11 May 2010 Brook lamprey ammocoetes 1 site · latest 4 Jun 2025 Lampetra sp. ammocoetes 1 site · latest 11 Jun 2025 Lamprey sp. > ammocoete 1 site · latest 21 May 2002 Lamprey sp. ammocoetes 1 site · latest 9 May 2013 Only in the River Kennet survey set Pike 47 sites · latest 9 Oct 2025 Bleak 27 sites · latest 25 Sept 2025 Atlantic salmon 14 sites · latest 25 Oct 2010 Tench 13 sites · latest 13 Nov 2024 Roach x common bream hybrid 12 sites · latest 25 Oct 2018 European eel 9 sites · latest 8 Nov 2013 Ruffe 9 sites · latest 5 Nov 2022 Common [wild] carp 5 sites · latest 24 Oct 2018 European eels > elvers 5 sites · latest 10 Oct 2025 Pike varieties 5 sites · latest 1 Oct 2025 Mirror carp 4 sites · latest 4 Nov 2008 Common carp varieties 3 sites · latest 22 Oct 2015 Rudd 3 sites · latest 4 Nov 2022 Silver bream 3 sites · latest 4 Nov 2022 Golden goldfish 1 site · latest 12 Nov 2009 Method and boundary
Comparison, not prediction. Source Environment Agency Ecology & Fish Data Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 Source copy retrieved 23 Jul 2026 Coordinates Not published on this page Not asserted Access, current presence, abundance, catch prospects or safety