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River Went fishing evidence · Yorkshire

What fish are in the River Went?

Monitoring has recorded 22 species across 18 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 and 2017. 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 Went

EA ecology area
Yorkshire
Waterbody IDs
GB104027063360 · GB104027063380 · GB104027064260
Catchments
River Don catchment
02 · Survey breadth

18 sites · 53 events

22 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 11 Jul 2017

Within 2 years
0 sites
3–5 years
0 sites
6–10 years
1 sites
Older
17 sites

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.

  1. GudgeonGobio gobio13 siteslatest 2 Jul 2012
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus13 siteslatest 2 Jul 2012
  3. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 2 Jul 2012
  4. European eelAnguilla anguilla10 siteslatest 4 Jul 2012
  5. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus8 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  6. PikeEsox lucius8 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  7. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula7 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  8. ChubLeuciscus cephalus6 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  9. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 22 Jun 2011
  10. PerchPerca fluviatilis5 siteslatest 2 Jul 2012
  11. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta3 siteslatest 2 Jul 2012
  12. BullheadCottus gobio3 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  13. Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 22 Jun 2011
  14. FlounderPlatichthys flesus3 siteslatest 11 Jul 2017
  15. BleakAlburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 22 Jun 2011
  16. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 4 Jul 2005
  17. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 8 Jul 2002
  18. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 23 Jul 2006
  19. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus1 sitelatest 15 Jul 2004
  20. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 8 Jul 2004
  21. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 1 Oct 1995
  22. TenchTinca tinca1 sitelatest 14 Feb 1985

Surveyed sites on this water

18 shown, newest survey first

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
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