Yorkshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the River Wharfe (Yorkshire)?
Monitoring has recorded 32 species across 29 surveyed sites on this water, between 1985 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.
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 trutta23 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus19 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- GraylingThymallus thymallus18 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- GudgeonGobio gobio18 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus16 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
- RoachRutilus rutilus15 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- PerchPerca fluviatilis14 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- PikeEsox lucius14 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula11 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
- BarbelBarbus barbus10 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus10 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss10 siteslatest 4 Aug 2014
- Atlantic salmonSalmo salar9 siteslatest 22 Aug 2024
- BullheadCottus gobio9 siteslatest 30 Sept 2025
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus8 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius6 siteslatest 16 Jul 2014
- BleakAlburnus alburnus5 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus5 siteslatest 20 Aug 2024
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus3 siteslatest 11 Aug 2025
- Brown / sea trout x rainbow trout hybridSalmo trutta x Oncorhynchus mykiss3 siteslatest 29 Jul 1998
- Common breamAbramis brama3 siteslatest 9 Jul 2010
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 9 Aug 2006
- European eelAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 24 Jun 2014
- Lamprey sp.Petromyzontidae2 siteslatest 1 Sept 2011
- Lamprey sp. ammocoetesPetromyzontidae2 siteslatest 1 Sept 2014
- TenchTinca tinca2 siteslatest 9 Jul 2010
- Brown / sea trout x salmon hybridSalmo trutta x Salmo salar1 sitelatest 24 Jun 2014
- Ghost carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 23 Jul 2002
- Lampetra sp. ammocoetesLampetra1 sitelatest 12 Aug 2024
- Right sided flatfish sp.Pleuronectidae1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2008
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama1 sitelatest 1 Jul 2010
Surveyed sites on this water
29 shown, newest survey first
Kettlewell
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 30 Sept 2025
Boston Spa - Fry Survey
- Survey events
- 32
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2025
Pool Mill
- Survey events
- 18
- Observed taxa
- 19
- Latest survey
- 22 Aug 2024
Tadcaster post 2006
- Survey events
- 5
- Observed taxa
- 20
- Latest survey
- 20 Aug 2024
Harewood
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 14 Aug 2024
Netherby (discretionary only)
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2016
Ilkley
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 1 Sept 2014
Appletreewick B (lower site)
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 5 Aug 2014
Linton Stepping Stones
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 4 Aug 2014
Conistone d/s
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 1 Aug 2014
Hubberholme
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 30 Jul 2014
Ulleskelf
- Survey events
- 15
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 16 Jul 2014
Castley
- Survey events
- 14
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 24 Jun 2014
Knotford
- Survey events
- 16
- Observed taxa
- 17
- Latest survey
- 23 Jun 2014
Buckden U/S Gravel Trap
- Survey events
- 6
- Observed taxa
- 1
- Latest survey
- 26 Jun 2008
Tadcaster pre 2006
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 30 Jun 2005
Wetherby Grange
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 28 Jun 2005
Ryther
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 20 Jul 2004
Burley Bypass
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 6
- Latest survey
- 14 Jul 2004
Appletreewick A
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 2003
Addingham
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 11 Aug 2003
Strid d/s (Bolton Abbey)
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 3
- Latest survey
- 7 Aug 2003
Nunnery
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 28 Jul 2003
Boston Spa
- Survey events
- 7
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 26 Jul 2003
Tadcaster - Fry Survey
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 18 Sept 2001
Smaws Ings
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 4
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 1998
U/s Boston Spa Weir
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 7
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 1998
Collingham
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 13 Aug 1998
U/s of Lobwood Weir
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 2
- Latest survey
- 6 Aug 1998
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