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Soar fishing evidence · East Midlands

What fish are in the Soar?

Monitoring has recorded 29 species across 22 surveyed sites on this water, between 1989 and 2026. 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

Soar

EA ecology area
East Midlands
Waterbody IDs
GB104028042580 · GB104028042620 · GB104028046880 · GB104028047030 · GB104028047211 · GB104028047212
Catchments
TRENT
02 · Survey breadth

22 sites · 134 events

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

03 · Freshness by site

Latest 19 Jun 2026

Within 2 years
3 sites
3–5 years
4 sites
6–10 years
1 sites
Older
14 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. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus18 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  2. RoachRutilus rutilus18 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  3. ChubLeuciscus cephalus17 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  4. PerchPerca fluviatilis17 siteslatest 17 Jul 2025
  5. GudgeonGobio gobio15 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  6. BleakAlburnus alburnus14 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
  7. PikeEsox lucius14 siteslatest 23 Jun 2025
  8. MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus12 siteslatest 19 Jun 2026
  9. BullheadCottus gobio11 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
  10. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus9 siteslatest 23 Sept 2025
  11. Common breamAbramis brama9 siteslatest 11 Oct 2022
  12. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula8 siteslatest 23 Jun 2025
  13. BarbelBarbus barbus7 siteslatest 29 Jun 2022
  14. Spined loachCobitis taenia6 siteslatest 25 Apr 2016
  15. TenchTinca tinca5 siteslatest 5 Jul 2024
  16. Brown / sea troutSalmo trutta4 siteslatest 3 Jul 2024
  17. European eelAnguilla anguilla3 siteslatest 18 Aug 2016
  18. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 30 Apr 2009
  19. Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 6 May 2005
  20. Dace x bleak hybridLeuciscus leuciscus x Alburnus alburnus2 siteslatest 30 Apr 2009
  21. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla2 siteslatest 28 Jun 2018
  22. Mirror carpCyprinus carpio2 siteslatest 15 Apr 2004
  23. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 16 Jun 2022
  24. 10-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius1 sitelatest 3 Apr 2012
  25. Chub x dace hybridLeuciscus cephalus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 23 Apr 2008
  26. Crucian carpCarassius carassius1 sitelatest 10 Jun 1992
  27. Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss1 sitelatest 28 Apr 2015
  28. Roach x dace hybridRutilus rutilus x Leuciscus leuciscus1 sitelatest 23 Apr 2008
  29. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus1 sitelatest 7 Jul 2004

Surveyed sites on this water

22 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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