AnglerRadar / Rivers / River Rea River Rea fishing evidence · West Midlands
What fish are in the River Rea? Monitoring has recorded 15 species across 11 surveyed sites on this water, between 1993 and 2018. 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 Rea
EA ecology area West Midlands
Waterbody IDs GB109054044260 · GB109054044280 · GB109054044290 · GB109054044300 · GB109054044340
Catchments RIVER TRENT · River Severn 02 · Survey breadth 11 sites · 29 events 15 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
03 · Freshness by site Latest 10 Oct 2018
Within 2 years 0 sites
3–5 years 0 sites
6–10 years 2 sites
Older 9 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.
Brown / sea trout Salmo trutta 10 sites latest 10 Oct 2018 European eel Anguilla anguilla 7 sites latest 10 Oct 2018 Roach Rutilus rutilus 4 sites latest 6 Aug 2015 Chub Leuciscus cephalus 3 sites latest 7 May 2003 Dace Leuciscus leuciscus 3 sites latest 25 May 1999 Gudgeon Gobio gobio 2 sites latest 25 May 1999 3-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus 1 site latest 6 Aug 2015 Atlantic salmon Salmo salar 1 site latest 10 Oct 2018 Barbel Barbus barbus 1 site latest 10 Oct 2018 Bullhead Cottus gobio 1 site latest 6 Aug 2015 Grayling Thymallus thymallus 1 site latest 21 Jul 2011 Lamprey sp. ammocoetes Petromyzontidae 1 site latest 29 Jun 2017 Pike Esox lucius 1 site latest 28 Apr 1993 Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss 1 site latest 21 Jul 2008 Stone loach Barbatula barbatula 1 site latest 6 Aug 2015 Surveyed sites on this water
11 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