Golden-grey Mullet Fishing in Cornwall

Cornwall has 69 shore marks rated for golden-grey mullet. They're ranked below by how strongly golden-grey mullet 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: May–Oct · green months are prime, the outlined box is this month.

Tide Fish the flood

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Best golden-grey mullet marks in Cornwall

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

Gyllyngvase Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Warm months; tiny rag/Isome or fish slivers on size 10–12 hooks right in the surf line; calm, clear water helps.

Rock Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Along surf edges over clean sand on a flooding tide. Small strip of prawn/rag or Isome on size 10-12, light gear. Best at dusk into night in summer.

Daymer Bay Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Summer in calm/light surf over sand. Small rag or maddies on size 8–10 hooks, long snoods; or bread flake in the shore rip. Best on a flooding evening tide.

St Michael’s Mount Causeway Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Surf edges on the sandy side; small hooks baited with harbour rag (maddies) or fish strips; slow retrieve or light float. Summer evenings on the flood.

Looe Banjo Pier Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Summer floods over the sandy beach side; small rag/Isome or tiny spoons on size 8-10 hooks. Travel light and cover water.

Penzance Promenade Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Warm months over sandy patches; small ragworm or isome on fine tackle in gentle surf; best on a making tide at dusk.

Pentewan Sands Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Patrols surf edges in summer. Tiny rag/Isome or small fish strips on size 8–10; mobile approach at dusk over the flood.

Porthmeor Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm summer surf; tiny hooks with rag/maddies or isome, light leads. Work side gutters at first light on the flood; stealth is key.

Towan Beach, Roseland Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Warm, clear seas; target the surf tables just behind the first breaker with small rag/shellfish on size 6–8 hooks. Dawn/evening on neap tides.

Perranporth Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

June–Sept in surf gutters; tiny rag or isome on size 8–10, light float/ledger. Try the stream mouth and run-outs on the flood.

Swanpool Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm summer evenings; size 8–10 hooks with small rag/sandeel slivers drifted in the surf gutters on a flooding tide.

Black Rock, Widemouth Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 64 Fair

Light float/ledger with tiny rag or sandeel slivers in surf gutters; early/late on a gentle flood, summer.

Crantock Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm summer surf; size 6-8 hooks with rag/sandeel strips or isome on light ledger/float. Fish the back of the first breaker on the flood.

Gwithian Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm summer surf; tiny rag/Isome on size 8–10 hooks in the wash; keep baits moving; fish the flood.

Kennack Sands Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Warm months in shallow surf and by the stream mouth. Small prawn or isome on size 8–10 hooks; stealthy approach on a gentle surf and rising tide.

Portheras Cove Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Patrols surf gutters over sand; tiny rag/Isome or baited sabikis on light gear. Dawn/evening on neap tides with a gentle surf.

Marazion Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm surf lanes and stream mouths; small hooks with ragworm or artificial worm on light gear. Dusk on flood/early ebb in summer.

Porthcurnick Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm summer evenings; small rag or prawn on size 8-10 hooks in the surf line. Seek shoals along the right-hand rocks on a making tide.

Porthminster Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Summer evenings; tiny rag/sandeel slivers on size 8–10s in the first gutter. Light float or small running ledger on a rising tide.

Hayle Towans Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Summer. Tiny rag/isome on size 8–10 hooks; surf margins and gutters at dusk on a push. Stealth and light gear.

Maenporth Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Warm months in gentle surf lines; small rag or isome on size 8-10 hooks, long trace and light gear. Work the first breakers on a rising tide.

Pendower Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Light rigs with small rag/isome in the surf line on calm summer evenings; rising tide over sandy gutters.

Polly Joke Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Calm surf lines in summer; tiny rag/sandeel slivers on size 8 hooks, light gear; rising tide best.

Porth Kidney Sands Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Jun–Sep along the surf line in calm, clear water. Size 6–8 hooks with small rag or fishbites; light gear; moving water over sandbanks.

Seaton Beach Reliable for golden-grey mullet
Today 65 Good

Summer in light surf; small rag or sandeel slivers on fine gear, cast just beyond the first breaker. Rising tide at dusk.

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

Tactics for golden-grey mullet

Top baits, best first

  1. Harbour Rag (Maddies)
  2. White Rag
  3. Ragworm
  4. Soft Plastic (Sandeel)

Rigs that work, best first

  1. Long & Low
  2. Flowing Trace
  3. Float (Sliding)

Full tactics, seasonal detail and more baits are on the Golden-grey Mullet species guide.

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