Bass Fishing in Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire has 100 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.

Tide Fish the flood

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Best bass marks in Pembrokeshire

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

Saundersfoot Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Summer to early autumn; fish surf lines and dusk/dark. Try sandeel, ragworm or peeler crab; plug/spin at first light.

Manorbier Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on dawn/dusk flood tides; try sandeel/slug-style lures or fresh crab on rougher edges; keep mobile along gullies.

Angle Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on flooding tide/dusk; spin sandeels or fish crab/lug in the tide run close to rocks.

Broad Haven (South) Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work surf line and reef edges; dawn/dusk, flooding tide; sandeel/joey mackerel or spinners/lures in a sea.

Druidston Haven Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best at dawn/dusk on a pushing tide; fish surf lines and gullies with sandeel/shad-style lures or fresh crab in rough water.

Whitesands Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on dusk/night floods; work surf line/gullies with sandeel strips or lug/rag; plug/spin in calmer seas.

Little Haven Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; fish into the surf or along rocky edges with lures, sandeel-style baits or crab.

Tenby Castle Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best at dusk/night on flooding tide; use lug/rag or small fish baits, or work lures along the castle-end edge.

Amroth Beach Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Work dusk/night on flooding tide; lug/rag or peeler crab in surf, or spinners in rougher water.

Barafundle Bay Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on flood tide and at dusk/night; fish sandeel imitations, crab, or peeler close to the shore break and along the edges.

Nolton Haven Hotspot for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on a flooding tide into dusk; fish surf line with sandeel/peeler or spinners in a bit of swell.

Milford Haven Waterway Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on flood or first of ebb around tide rips, pontoons and creek mouths; lures or peeler/crab and ragworm.

Ramsey Sound Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Work plugs/spinners in broken water and tide lines; dawn/dusk and overcast days help. Handle quickly and release well.

Newgale Beach Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best late spring–autumn; spin/plug in calmer seas or use small fish baits in surf; work gullies on flooding tide.

Freshwater West Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best late spring–autumn; fish dusk/night on a pushing tide. Ragworm/sandeel or crab; lure fishing works in calm surf.

Newport Parrog Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on a pushing flood and at dusk; try small paddletails or peeler/crab in the main channel.

Newport Sands Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Dusk/night on a flooding tide; fish surf line and river mouth with rag/lug or small fish baits; plugs/spoons work in calmer conditions.

Dale Fort Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Work surface lures or metal spinners along tide lines and shallow kelp at dawn/dusk; watch swell.

Neyland Marina Wall Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Take small fish baits or crab on the flood; fish after dusk and around tide turns close to the wall.

Dinas Head Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Take lures in white water at dawn/dusk; also on worm/crab in gullies on a rising tide after a bit of swell.

Lawrenny Quay Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best at dusk/night on the flood; fish channels and quay edge with crab, prawn, sandeel imitations or small paddletails; keep leads light to hold bottom.

Manorbier Castle Beach Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best around the rocky corners/reef at dusk and on the flood; fish lug/rag or sandeel-style baits, or work lures close in.

Porthselau Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on flooding tide and at dawn/dusk; fish surf line or rocky edges with sandeels, ragworm or lures.

Sandy Haven Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on the flood and at dusk/dark; fish channels/crease lines with sandeel-style lures or rag/lug on a running ledger.

Saundersfoot Harbour Reliable for bass
Today 65 Good

Best on flood to high water; dusk/night with lug/rag or sandeel baits, or small spinners/soft plastics along the wall edges.

Plus 75 more rated marks — browse every mark in Pembrokeshire.

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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