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Wessex · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the Main Bristol Frome?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 14 surveyed sites on this water, between 1998 and 2023. 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.

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.

  1. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  2. GudgeonGobio gobio10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  3. RoachRutilus rutilus9 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  4. ChubLeuciscus cephalus8 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  5. European eelAnguilla anguilla8 siteslatest 26 Jul 2022
  6. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  7. BullheadCottus gobio6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  8. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  9. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 6 Jul 2022
  11. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula6 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  12. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 4 Jul 2023
  13. PikeEsox lucius5 siteslatest 20 Jul 2005
  14. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 3 Jul 2013
  15. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 15 Aug 2012
  16. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 29 Aug 2006
  17. European elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 15 Jul 2014
  18. TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 27 Aug 1998
  19. BarbelBarbus barbus1 sitelatest 5 Jul 2016
  20. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 22 Jul 2005
  21. Topmouth gudgeonPseudorasbora parva1 sitelatest 26 Jul 2022

Surveyed sites on this water

14 shown, newest survey first

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