Steeping FMU
- EA ecology area
- Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
- Waterbody IDs
- GB105030062430
- Catchments
- Witham Catchment
Steeping FMU fishing evidence · Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
What fish are in the Steeping FMU?
Monitoring has recorded 23 species across 12 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 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.
12 sites · 58 events
23 positive taxa aggregates are shown. More survey coverage is not a fishing-quality verdict.
Latest 29 Jan 2025
- Within 2 years
- 1 sites
- 3–5 years
- 0 sites
- 6–10 years
- 0 sites
- Older
- 11 sites
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.
- BleakAlburnus alburnus12 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus12 siteslatest 9 Sept 2009
- PerchPerca fluviatilis12 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- RoachRutilus rutilus12 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama12 siteslatest 23 May 2016
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus12 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- Common breamAbramis brama11 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- GudgeonGobio gobio11 siteslatest 3 May 2019
- PikeEsox lucius11 siteslatest 23 May 2016
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna9 siteslatest 15 Jul 2010
- TenchTinca tinca8 siteslatest 23 May 2016
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus6 siteslatest 30 Apr 2002
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 8 Jul 2009
- Spined loachCobitis taenia5 siteslatest 8 Sept 2009
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus4 siteslatest 9 Jun 2005
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus4 siteslatest 23 May 2016
- Roach x silver bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis bjoerkna2 siteslatest 27 May 2003
- BullheadCottus gobio1 sitelatest 30 Sept 1987
- Common bream x silver bream hybridAbramis brama x Abramis bjoerkna1 sitelatest 22 Sept 1987
- European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 7 Aug 2007
- Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 7 Jun 2006
- SpratSprattus sprattus1 sitelatest 1 Sept 2004
- Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 29 Jul 2005
Surveyed sites on this water
12 shown, newest survey first
Crows Bridge
- Survey events
- 9
- Observed taxa
- 14
- Latest survey
- 29 Jan 2025
U/S A52 Bridge
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 15 Jul 2010
Firsby
- Survey events
- 10
- Observed taxa
- 16
- Latest survey
- 12 Aug 2009
Thorpe Culvert
- Survey events
- 11
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 8 Jul 2009
Clough House Farm
- Survey events
- 2
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 24 Apr 1996
U/S Wheel Doors
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 23 Apr 1996
Whitehouse Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 22 Apr 1996
D/S Salem Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 13
- Latest survey
- 18 Apr 1996
Firsby Clough
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 15 Apr 1996
Steeping Outfall
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 1 Oct 1987
D/S Crows Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 11
- Latest survey
- 16 Sept 1987
U/S Bycrofts Bridge
- Survey events
- 1
- Observed taxa
- 9
- Latest survey
- 14 Sept 1987
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