Bass Fishing in Devon

Devon has 150 shore marks rated for bass. They're ranked below by how strongly bass show at each spot, with today's live conditions beside every mark — so you can pick a spot that's worth fishing right now, not just on paper.

When to go

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Best months: Apr–Nov · green months are prime, the outlined box is this month.

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Best bass marks in Devon

Ranked by how strongly bass show at each mark. The chip on the right is today's live fish forecast.

Thurlestone Sands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf beach; fish dusk/dawn on a flooding tide. Plug in white water or use peeler crab/sandeel in the gutter after a blow.

Orcombe Point Hotspot for bass
Today 57 Fair

Lures or surf baits in the tide race around the point; best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide with some swell. Fish the gullies on the rock-to-sand edge.

Woolacombe Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Fish the surf at dawn/dusk or after a blow on a flooding tide. Cast lures or crab/lug baits into gutters and along rips; keep moving to find pockets.

Downend Point Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work surface/sub-surface lures through surfy gullies on the flood, dawn/dusk or after a blow.

Croyde Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf beach; fish dawn/dusk around mid-flood to high. Keep mobile. Shallow-diving plugs or sandeel/peeler on pulley rigs in gutters after a blow.

Hallsands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Shingle surf beach; best in onshore blow at dawn/dusk. Fish peeler crab, sandeel or plugs in the gutters on a flooding tide.

Mothercombe Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Prime in surf by the Erme mouth on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk. Shallow divers, soft plastics or sandeel/peeler. Beware strong currents and soft sands.

Northam Burrows Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf beach; dawn/dusk and after a blow. Fish flooding tide over outer sandbars. Lures (shallow divers, metals) or fresh sandeel/peeler crab.

South Milton Sands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf and gullies on a flooding tide; dawn/dusk. Crab, sandeel or shallow-diving lures. Move to find feeding fish.

Wembury Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work surfy gullies and reef edges at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Soft plastics, surface lures or peeler/soft crab. A light swell helps; watch kelp and tides.

Crow Point Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work the surf and estuary channel edges; lures or peeler/razor on a flooding tide. Best May–Oct, especially after a blow at dawn/dusk.

Salcombe South Sands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work the surf line and estuary mouth rips on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk. Plugs, sandeel or peeler crab. After dark, fish squid or sandeel from the beach.

Wonwell Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work shallow lures in the surf and estuary mouth at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; or fish peeler crab/lug in the gutters. Go mobile after a blow as seas drop.

Bantham Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf and estuary mouth. Fish flooding tide at dawn/dusk; white-water close in. Shallow divers, metals, or peeler crab/sandeel on pulley rig.

Bigbury-on-Sea Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf the main beach; fish dusk/dawn on a flooding tide near the Avon outflow. Peeler crab, lug or sandeel; or shallow-diving/soft-plastic lures worked along bars and rips.

Westward Ho! Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf beach; fish peeler crab or sandeel in the white water at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Spring tides and a light chop fish best in summer–autumn.

Combe Martin Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Work surface or soft-plastic lures along the right-hand reef and surf line; or fish peeler crab or sandeel into the gullies after a blow.

Seaton Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 55 Fair

Surf and Axe river mouth on a flooding tide; peeler crab or lug. Best at dusk/dawn and after a blow.

Broadsands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; fish the surf line with sandeels or shallow diving lures when there's a bit of swell. Work the ends near rocks after a blow.

Salcombe North Sands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; work shallow plugs or sandeel baits along the surf line and around the rocky edges.

Beesands Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

After a blow on a flooding tide; surf over shingle. Peel crab, lug or baitfish; also surface/soft lures at dawn/dusk along gutters.

Firestone Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work shallow diving plugs or soft plastics along the Point on a flooding tide with onshore swell; dusk/dawn. Also fish crab/sandeel in surfy pockets.

Start Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf over shingle; SW blow then dropping sea. Dawn/dusk. Shallow gutters close in. Peeler crab, lug/squid; or metal/plugs on a flooding tide.

Branscombe Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 55 Fair

Work surface/soft lures in the surf at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide, or fish peeler/sandeel into the gutter after a blow.

Challaborough Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Surf beach; dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Shallow-running plugs or crab/sandeel baits in the gutters, especially after a bit of swell or colour.

Plus 125 more rated marks — browse every mark in Devon.

Planning ahead? The live fish forecast map compares these marks across the week.

Tactics for bass

Top baits, best first

  1. Soft Plastic (Sandeel)
  2. Peeler Crab
  3. Surface Walker (Spook)
  4. Sandeel

Rigs that work, best first

  1. Flowing Trace
  2. Long & Low
  3. Livebait Float Rig

Full tactics, seasonal detail and more baits are on the Bass species guide.

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