Louth Canal
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB104029061990 · GB104029062000 · GB104029062020 · GB104029062080 · GB104029062100 · GB104029062160
- Catchments
- Ancholme Catchment
Louth Canal fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the Louth Canal?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 8 surveyed sites on this water, between 1986 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.
8 sites · 45 events
23 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 15 May 2018
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 2 sites
- Older
- 6 sites
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.
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 14 May 2018
- GudgeonGobio gobio7 siteslatest 14 May 2018
- RoachRutilus rutilus7 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- Common breamAbramis brama5 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 14 May 2018
- PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama4 siteslatest 22 Jun 2015
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 15 May 2018
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus4 siteslatest 22 Jun 2015
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna4 siteslatest 9 Aug 2012
- Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 14 May 2018
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 25 Jun 2015
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula3 siteslatest 14 May 2018
- TenchTinca tinca3 siteslatest 18 Jun 1999
- 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius2 siteslatest 24 May 1999
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus2 siteslatest 17 Jun 2015
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss2 siteslatest 25 Jun 2015
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 21 May 2004
- Grass carpCtenopharyngodon idella1 sitelatest 13 May 2010
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 13 May 2010
- SpratSprattus sprattus1 sitelatest 8 Sept 1995
Surveyed sites on this water
8 shown, newest survey first
Tetney Lock
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 15 May 2018
Alvingham High Bridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 14 May 2018
Keddington Corner
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 Jun 2015
Thoresby Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 2015
Firebeacon
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 16 Jun 2015
Austen Fen
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 16 Jun 1999
Brian Halls Mill
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 24 May 1999
Covenham Reservoir Intake
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 12 Jun 1986
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