AnglerRadar / Rivers / R.Bain R.Bain fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the R.Bain? Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 19 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 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.
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.
01 · Identity R.Bain
EA ecology area Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
Waterbody IDs GB105030062300 · GB105030062350 · GB105030062360 · GB105030062450
Catchments Witham Catchment 02 · Survey breadth 19 sites · 98 events 29 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
03 · Freshness by site Latest 14 Jun 2023
Within 2 years 0 sites
3–5 years 3 sites
6–10 years 1 sites
Older 15 sites 04 · Trip constraints 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.
Dace Leuciscus leuciscus 17 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 Roach Rutilus rutilus 16 sites latest 13 Jun 2023 Brown / sea trout Salmo trutta 15 sites latest 13 Jun 2023 Chub Leuciscus cephalus 15 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 Pike Esox lucius 15 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 Bullhead Cottus gobio 14 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 European eels > elvers Anguilla anguilla 14 sites latest 11 Apr 2017 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula 14 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 Perch Perca fluviatilis 13 sites latest 13 Jun 2023 Common bream Abramis brama 11 sites latest 7 May 1997 Gudgeon Gobio gobio 10 sites latest 14 Jun 2023 Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus 9 sites latest 13 Jun 2023 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 8 sites latest 11 Apr 2017 Roach x common bream hybrid Rutilus rutilus x Abramis brama 8 sites latest 12 Jun 2023 Tench Tinca tinca 6 sites latest 5 May 2011 Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus 5 sites latest 7 Apr 2014 Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus 5 sites latest 14 Aug 1998 Brook lamprey Lampetra planeri 4 sites latest 7 Apr 2005 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 4 sites latest 29 Mar 1994 Brook lamprey > ammocoete Lampetra planeri 3 sites latest 11 Apr 2017 Silver bream Abramis bjoerkna 3 sites latest 14 Aug 1998 Bleak Alburnus alburnus 2 sites latest 17 Aug 1988 River lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis 2 sites latest 23 Mar 1994 Spined loach Cobitis taenia 2 sites latest 11 Apr 2012 10-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius 1 site latest 15 May 1997 Common [wild] carp Cyprinus carpio 1 site latest 24 Apr 1997 European eel Anguilla anguilla 1 site latest 23 May 2012 Flounder Platichthys flesus 1 site latest 25 May 1994 Rudd varieties Scardinius erythrophthalmus 1 site latest 11 Apr 2012 Surveyed sites on this water
19 shown, newest survey first
Provenance
Source and licence Source Environment Agency Ecology & Fish Data Licence Open Government Licence v3.0 Source copy retrieved 23 Jul 2026 Waterbody name As published by the Environment Agency Not asserted Current presence, access, permission, fishing quality or safety