AnglerRadar / Rivers / Above Wansford Above Wansford fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the Above Wansford? Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 37 surveyed sites on this water, between 1981 and 2018. These are survey records with dates. They do not establish what is present today, that the water is fishable, or that you have permission to fish it.
River evidence passport
Four signals, kept deliberately separate. The passport shows identity, survey breadth, evidence freshness and trip constraints without turning unlike facts into an opaque “best river” score.
01 · Identity Above Wansford
EA ecology area Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
Waterbody IDs GB105032045050 · GB105032045090 · GB105032045140 · GB105032045190 · GB105032050290 · GB105032050381 · +1 more
Catchments Nene Catchment 02 · Survey breadth 37 sites · 103 events 26 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
03 · Freshness by site Latest 17 Sept 2018
Within 2 years 0 sites
3–5 years 0 sites
6–10 years 1 sites
Older 36 sites 04 · Trip constraints Permission is not established Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
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What monitoring has found here Ordered by how many sites on this water recorded the species. A species not listed has not been recorded by these surveys — which is not the same as being absent.
Roach Rutilus rutilus 35 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Gudgeon Gobio gobio 34 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Perch Perca fluviatilis 34 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Dace Leuciscus leuciscus 32 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Pike Esox lucius 31 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Chub Leuciscus cephalus 28 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Common bream Abramis brama 24 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Bleak Alburnus alburnus 23 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 European eels > elvers Anguilla anguilla 21 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Tench Tinca tinca 21 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Roach x common bream hybrid Rutilus rutilus x Abramis brama 16 sites latest 6 Jun 2013 Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus 15 sites latest 6 Sept 2012 Silver bream Abramis bjoerkna 7 sites latest 15 Sept 2011 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 6 sites latest 16 Jul 1998 Common [wild] carp Cyprinus carpio 4 sites latest 21 Jun 1995 Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus 4 sites latest 16 Jul 1998 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula 4 sites latest 26 Sept 2002 Bullhead Cottus gobio 3 sites latest 16 Jul 1998 Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus 3 sites latest 3 Jul 2008 Barbel Barbus barbus 2 sites latest 17 Sept 2018 Brown / sea trout Salmo trutta 2 sites latest 29 Jul 1998 Mirror carp Cyprinus carpio 2 sites latest 6 Sept 1989 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 2 sites latest 6 Jun 1995 Crucian carp Carassius carassius 1 site latest 26 Jul 1989 Roach x rudd hybrid Rutilus rutilus x Scardinius erythrophthalmus 1 site latest 24 Jun 2008 Spined loach Cobitis taenia 1 site latest 17 Sept 2018 Surveyed sites on this water
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Provenance
Source and licence Source Environment Agency Ecology & Fish Data Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 Source copy retrieved 23 Jul 2026 Waterbody name As published by the Environment Agency Not asserted Current presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety