River Etherow
- EA ecology area
- Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB112069060780 · GB112069061050
- Catchments
- Mersey
River Etherow fishing evidence · Greater Manchester Merseyside and Cheshire
What fish are in the River Etherow?
Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 17 surveyed sites on this water, between 1994 and 2025. 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.
17 sites · 86 events
21 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 11 Jun 2025
- Within 2 years
- 4 sites
- 3–5 years
- 3 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 10 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 trutta17 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- GudgeonGobio gobio14 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus14 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus12 siteslatest 2 Sept 2008
- RoachRutilus rutilus11 siteslatest 9 Jun 2025
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula9 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus7 siteslatest 11 Aug 2023
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 21 Sept 2009
- Brook lampreyLampetra planeri5 siteslatest 21 Sept 2009
- BarbelBarbus barbus4 siteslatest 9 May 2006
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae4 siteslatest 11 May 2010
- Brook lamprey > ammocoeteLampetra planeri3 siteslatest 11 Aug 2023
- BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 9 May 2006
- GraylingThymallus thymallus3 siteslatest 11 Jun 2025
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus2 siteslatest 8 May 2008
- Brook lamprey ammocoetesLampetra planeri1 sitelatest 4 Jun 2025
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 11 Jun 2025
- Lamprey sp. > ammocoetePetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 21 May 2002
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae1 sitelatest 9 May 2013
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 21 Sept 2001
Surveyed sites on this water
17 shown, newest survey first
ETET30
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 11 Jun 2025
ETET10
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2025
ETET20
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 9 Jun 2025
ET04
- Survey events
- 21
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 4 Jun 2025
ETET15
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2023
ETET05
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 9 Aug 2023
ETET25
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 29 Sept 2022
ET02
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 21 Sept 2009
ET02a
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 21 May 2002
ET11
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 26 May 1999
ET08
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 25 May 1999
ET10
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 25 May 1999
ET09
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 24 May 1999
ET06
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 21 May 1999
ET07
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 21 May 1999
ET03
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 20 May 1999
ET05
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 20 May 1999
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