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Sea Trout Fishing in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire has 15 shore marks rated for sea trout. They're ranked below by how strongly sea trout 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–Oct · green months are prime, the outlined box is this month.
Tide Fish the flood
Time of day Night sessions clearly outfish daylight
Best sea trout marks in Gloucestershire
Ranked by how strongly sea trout show at each mark. The chip on the right is today's live fish forecast.
Saul Warth
Hotspot for sea trout
Very rare bycatch on small spinners while mullet fishing; must be released—check closed seasons. Dusk on clear neap tides.
Beachley Point
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Small spinners or plugs along current seams on clear summer evenings; catch-and-release—check Wye bylaws and closed season.
Purton
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Occasional on small spinners or shallow-diving plugs at dusk on the flood in late spring–summer; release carefully and observe local byelaws.
Elmore Back
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Occasional in summer spates. Small spoons/spinners or shallow plugs at dawn/dusk in slower edges; fish 1-2 hrs after high. Check local bylaws.
Minsterworth
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Jun–Sep, mostly by-catch. Small spoons/Mepps in crease lines on the flood at dusk. Single barbless preferred; release quickly.
Broadoak
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Small silver spinners worked in slack bays at dusk on the flood in late spring; clearer neap tides help. Handle and release quickly.
Epney
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Dusk into dark on neap floods; small spoons/spinners in creeks and slack water. Use single barbless hooks, C&R, and check local salmonid byelaws.
Garden Cliff
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Migratory fish on spring floods; small spoons/spinners or flashy flies in eddies. Treat as catch-and-release—check local byelaws.
Hock Cliff
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Rare but possible on clear neap tides at dusk. Small spoons/spinners or sandeel-pattern lures in current seams on the flood. Check seasons; handle and release quickly.
Westbury-on-Severn
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Occasional; small spinners or shallow plugs on the flood at dusk when clarity improves. Handle carefully and release.
Newnham-on-Severn
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Dusk into dark as tide eases; small spoons/spinners in eddies and crease lines. Spring–summer. Check local bylaws/permissions for migratory fish.
Oldbury Pill
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Very rare; small spoons or plugs in clearer neaps near the flow, spring–summer evenings. Handle carefully and release.
Awre
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Rare bycatch on small spinners or shallow-diving plugs in slack water on summer evenings; check bylaws and release immediately.
Framilode
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Small spoons or shallow plugs at dusk on a rising tide in late spring–summer, worked along crease lines and eddies. Fish quietly; quick release.
Arlingham
Shows occasionally for sea trout
Rare by-catch in spring; if hooked while spinning for bass, use single barbless and release immediately; encounters at dusk on the flood.
Planning ahead? The live fish forecast map compares these marks across the week.
Tactics for sea trout
Top baits, best first
- Casting Spoon
- Sinking Minnow
- Soft Plastic (Sandeel)
- Spinner (Sea Trout)
Rigs that work, best first
- Bombarda (Casting Float)
- Float (Sliding)
- Jighead
Full tactics, seasonal detail and more baits are on the Sea Trout species guide.