Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys
What fish are in the Vernatt's Drain?
Monitoring has recorded 20 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1988 and 2019. 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.
- BleakAlburnus alburnus6 siteslatest 26 Jul 1994
- Common breamAbramis brama6 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- PikeEsox lucius6 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama6 siteslatest 6 Apr 2016
- TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla5 siteslatest 28 May 1999
- 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus4 siteslatest 10 Apr 2019
- DaceLeuciscus leuciscus3 siteslatest 15 Jun 1999
- RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus3 siteslatest 6 Apr 2016
- Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna3 siteslatest 21 Jul 1994
- ChubLeuciscus cephalus2 siteslatest 6 Apr 2016
- RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus2 siteslatest 17 Apr 2012
- Common [wild] carpCyprinus carpio1 sitelatest 21 Jul 1994
- FlounderPlatichthys flesus1 sitelatest 25 Jul 1994
- GudgeonGobio gobio1 sitelatest 25 Jul 1994
- Pike varietiesEsox lucius1 sitelatest 17 Apr 2012
- Spined loachCobitis taenia1 sitelatest 11 May 1999
- Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 17 Apr 2012
Surveyed sites on this water
6 shown, newest survey first
D/S Pode Hole
- Survey events
- 8
- Observed taxa
- 18
- Latest survey
- 10 Apr 2019
Sharpes Bridge (Vernatts Drain)
- Survey events
- 4
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 7 Apr 2016
Seas End Surfleet
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 12
- Latest survey
- 15 Jun 1999
Flints Farm
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 3 Jun 1999
U/S Platts Bridge
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 10
- Latest survey
- 28 May 1999
Pode Hole
- Survey events
- 3
- Observed taxa
- 8
- Latest survey
- 4 May 1999
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