AnglerRadar / Rivers / River Kennet River Kennet fishing evidence · Thames
What fish are in the River Kennet? Monitoring has recorded 31 species across 56 surveyed sites on this water, between 1999 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.
01 · Identity River Kennet
EA ecology area Thames
Waterbody IDs GB106039017420 · GB106039023120 · GB106039023140 · GB106039023172
Catchments Thames 02 · Survey breadth 56 sites · 264 events 31 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
03 · Freshness by site Latest 14 Oct 2025
Within 2 years 16 sites
3–5 years 3 sites
6–10 years 6 sites
Older 31 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.
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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.
Brown / sea trout Salmo trutta 47 sites latest 14 Oct 2025 Pike Esox lucius 47 sites latest 9 Oct 2025 Chub Leuciscus cephalus 41 sites latest 9 Oct 2025 Dace Leuciscus leuciscus 41 sites latest 9 Oct 2025 Perch Perca fluviatilis 38 sites latest 9 Oct 2025 Roach Rutilus rutilus 36 sites latest 8 Oct 2025 Gudgeon Gobio gobio 31 sites latest 1 Oct 2025 Bleak Alburnus alburnus 27 sites latest 25 Sept 2025 Barbel Barbus barbus 22 sites latest 25 Sept 2025 Grayling Thymallus thymallus 21 sites latest 9 Oct 2025 Common bream Abramis brama 19 sites latest 25 Sept 2025 Atlantic salmon Salmo salar 14 sites latest 25 Oct 2010 Tench Tinca tinca 13 sites latest 13 Nov 2024 Roach x common bream hybrid Rutilus rutilus x Abramis brama 12 sites latest 25 Oct 2018 Bullhead Cottus gobio 11 sites latest 14 Oct 2025 Minnow Phoxinus phoxinus 11 sites latest 14 Oct 2025 European eel Anguilla anguilla 9 sites latest 8 Nov 2013 Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus 9 sites latest 5 Nov 2022 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 8 sites latest 8 Oct 2024 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula 8 sites latest 8 Oct 2025 Brook lamprey Lampetra planeri 7 sites latest 14 Oct 2025 Common [wild] carp Cyprinus carpio 5 sites latest 24 Oct 2018 European eels > elvers Anguilla anguilla 5 sites latest 10 Oct 2025 Pike varieties Esox lucius 5 sites latest 1 Oct 2025 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 4 sites latest 14 Oct 2025 Mirror carp Cyprinus carpio 4 sites latest 4 Nov 2008 Common carp varieties Cyprinus carpio 3 sites latest 22 Oct 2015 Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus 3 sites latest 4 Nov 2022 Silver bream Abramis bjoerkna 3 sites latest 4 Nov 2022 Brook lamprey > ammocoete Lampetra planeri 1 site latest 6 Oct 2023 Golden goldfish Carassius auratus 1 site latest 12 Nov 2009 Surveyed sites on this water
56 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