Main Culm
- EA ecology area
- Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Waterbody IDs
- GB108045014970 · GB108045014980 · GB108045015000
- Catchments
- Exe
Main Culm fishing evidence · Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
What fish are in the Main Culm?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 21 surveyed sites on this water, between 1997 and 2026. 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.
21 sites · 71 events
17 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 22 May 2026
- Within 2 years
- 2 sites
- 3–5 years
- 2 sites
- 6–10 years
- 4 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 trutta20 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar11 siteslatest 18 Jun 2019
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula10 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- BullheadCottus gobio9 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus9 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla7 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus6 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus5 siteslatest 5 Oct 2023
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae5 siteslatest 2 Jul 2013
- PerchPerca fluviatilis3 siteslatest 22 May 2026
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus2 siteslatest 16 Sept 2022
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 29 Apr 2019
- Lampetra sp.Lampetra2 siteslatest 28 May 2010
- PikeEsox lucius2 siteslatest 10 Sept 2005
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 10 Sept 2009
- RoachRutilus rutilus2 siteslatest 29 Apr 2019
Surveyed sites on this water
21 shown, newest survey first
Glasshouses
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 22 May 2026
Palmers Farm (Sp/WFD)
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 29 May 2025
Columbjohn (CFTe/wfdi)*
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 2023
D/S Ellerhayes Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 5 Oct 2023
200m D/S Culmstock Bridge (Sp /Dip)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2019
Whitehall Bridge (Sp)
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 8 Aug 2019
Uffculme (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 18 Jun 2019
Lears Farm (Sp)
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 5
- Latest survey
- 29 May 2019
Venn Farm (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 1 Jul 2013
Coldharbour Leat (CFTe)*
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 8 Sept 2009
Langlands D/s ford (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2008
Langlands Horseshoe (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 2008
D/S Culmstock Br. (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 2008
Hemyock (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 22 May 2008
Footbridge in Uffculm (Dip)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 9 Sept 2005
Lower Kingsmill (CFTe)*
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 24 Sept 2003
Skinners Farm (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 21 Jun 2000
Bagbear Farm (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 19 Jun 2000
Stoke Canon (CFTe)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 17 Jun 1997
Culmstock (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 6 Jun 1997
Southey Barton (Sp)*
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 6 Jun 1997
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