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Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire · Environment Agency surveys

What fish are in the West Fen Catchwater?

Monitoring has recorded 21 species across 6 surveyed sites on this water, between 1987 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.

  1. European eels > elversAnguilla anguilla6 siteslatest 3 May 2016
  2. GudgeonGobio gobio6 siteslatest 8 Jun 2009
  3. PerchPerca fluviatilis6 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  4. PikeEsox lucius6 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  5. RoachRutilus rutilus6 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  6. RuffeGymnocephalus cernuus6 siteslatest 4 May 2016
  7. Spined loachCobitis taenia6 siteslatest 2 May 2013
  8. TenchTinca tinca6 siteslatest 4 May 2016
  9. DaceLeuciscus leuciscus5 siteslatest 12 Jun 2008
  10. Silver breamAbramis bjoerkna5 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  11. Common breamAbramis brama4 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  12. Roach x common bream hybridRutilus rutilus x Abramis brama4 siteslatest 26 Apr 2019
  13. BleakAlburnus alburnus3 siteslatest 2 May 2013
  14. Pike varietiesEsox lucius2 siteslatest 17 May 2012
  15. RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus2 siteslatest 2 May 2013
  16. 3-spined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus1 sitelatest 13 May 1996
  17. European eelAnguilla anguilla1 sitelatest 17 Jun 2002
  18. Golden ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 12 Jun 2008
  19. Rudd varietiesScardinius erythrophthalmus1 sitelatest 17 May 2012
  20. Stone loachBarbatula barbatula1 sitelatest 1 May 2013
  21. Tench varietiesTinca tinca1 sitelatest 19 Mar 2012

Surveyed sites on this water

6 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