North Drove Drain
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105031050660 · GB105031050670
- Catchments
- Fens
North Drove Drain fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the North Drove Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 17 species across 7 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 and 2019. 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.
7 sites · 23 events
17 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 8 Apr 2019
- Within 2 years
- 0 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 1 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.
- PikeEsox lucius7 siteslatest 8 Apr 2019
- RoachRutilus rutilus7 siteslatest 8 Apr 2019
- TenchTinca tinca7 siteslatest 21 Apr 2010
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 8 Apr 2019
- BleakAlburnus alburnus5 siteslatest 6 Jul 1994
- Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 31 Mar 2016
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama4 siteslatest 13 Apr 1999
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 19 May 1999
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 8 Apr 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 12 Oct 1994
- GudgeonGobio gobio2 siteslatest 29 Aug 1991
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 13 Apr 1999
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 20 Aug 1991
- Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 19 May 1999
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 12 Apr 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
7 shown, newest survey first
U/S Cuckoo Bridge
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 8 Apr 2019
North Drove Drain U/S Pode Hole
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 31 Mar 2016
D/S Cuckoo Bridge
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 7 Oct 2003
Baston Fen End
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 19 Apr 1999
Grays Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 15 Apr 1999
Shillakers Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 13 Apr 1999
Decoy Farm
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 5 Jun 1994
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