Chess
- EA ecology area
- Hertfordshire and North London
- Waterbody IDs
- GB106039029870
- Catchments
- Colne
Chess fishing evidence · Hertfordshire and North London
What fish are in the Chess?
Monitoring has recorded 26 species across 19 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 and 2025. 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.
19 sites · 61 events
26 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 7 Oct 2025
- Within 2 years
- 4 sites
- 3–5 years
- 1 sites
- 6–10 years
- 1 sites
- Older
- 13 sites
Permission is not established
Survey evidence carries no access boundary, permit, opening status, catch forecast or live safety signal. Resolve each before travelling.
Search current river conditions & alerts → Compare this evidence with another river → England coarse close season →Recorded species
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.
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta19 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- BullheadCottus gobio14 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula13 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus10 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- GraylingThymallus thymallus7 siteslatest 7 Oct 2025
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar6 siteslatest 15 Dec 1987
- GudgeonGobio gobio5 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius4 siteslatest 7 Mar 2019
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus4 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
- European eelAnguilla anguilla4 siteslatest 21 Sept 2012
- PerchPerca fluviatilis4 siteslatest 26 Apr 2022
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss4 siteslatest 20 Sept 2017
- RoachRutilus rutilus4 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 22 Sept 2022
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 12 May 2011
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 5 May 2005
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 9 May 2017
- Common carp varietiesCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 16 May 2007
- Feral [brown] goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 24 Sept 2015
- Golden goldfishCarassius auratus1 sitelatest 24 Sept 2015
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 12 Sept 2008
- Koi carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 14 Jul 2004
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 27 Apr 2006
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 25 Sept 2019
Surveyed sites on this water
19 shown, newest survey first
Mountwood Ford
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 7 Oct 2025
Large Chess Restore Hope
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 6 Oct 2025
Little Chess Restore Hope
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 6 Oct 2025
Solesbridge nursery
- Survey events
- 17
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 23 Sept 2025
Scotsbridge Mill
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 10 May 2023
Latimer Water Meadows
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 7 Mar 2019
Chenies Bottom Bypass Channel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2013
Sarratt Mill Bypass Channel
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 May 2013
Bois Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 23 Oct 2012
Loudwater Lane
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 11 Jul 2006
Sarratt Bottom
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 7 Jul 2006
Water Cress beds/Chenies
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 6 Jul 2006
Latimer
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 4 Jul 2006
Solesbridge mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2006
Scotts Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 15 Dec 1987
British Fresian Society
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 4 Dec 1987
Sarratt Mill
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 3 Dec 1987
Latimer Island
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 25 Nov 1987
Loudwater Lane (Masonic Lodge)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 24 Nov 1987
Provenance
Source and licence
- SourceEnvironment Agency Ecology & Fish Data
- LicenceOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Source copy retrieved23 Jul 2026
- Waterbody nameAs published by the Environment Agency
- Not assertedCurrent presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety