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Planning a session in Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls), Cornwall? Start with Helford Passage, Durgan and Porthleven Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
6.7 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
Sheltered shingle/sand cove on the Falmouth coast with clean ground in the middle and rough, kelpy rock arms at either end (Swanpool/Pennance points). Fishable most states of tide; best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish close in, while the rocky margins...
6.8 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
Rugged granite ledges around the Mawnan side of the Helford mouth (Rosemullion Head). Deep water close in over kelp and broken ground with tide run on the headland points; pockets of cleaner sand toward Maenporth. Very snaggy but productive: wrasse and pollack from the gullies, summer pelagics in clearer water,...
6.8 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
A secluded, west-facing cove of clean sand flanked by rough, kelpy rock ledges. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb. The central beach offers surf tables and sandy gutters for bass and occasional rays/dogfish, while the rocky margins hold wrasse and pollack...
6.9 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
Stack Point is a rugged rocky headland on the Roseland side of Falmouth Bay, offering quick access to deep, kelpy water and lively tide rips formed by the movement at the mouth of the Fal/Carrick Roads. It’s a classic summer lure-and-wrasse venue with Pollack patrolling the kelp edges, mackerel and...
7.0 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
Rosemullion Head is a rocky headland on the north side of the Helford entrance, offering kelp-lined gullies, ledges and patches of clean sand in clear, relatively deep water. It fishes best on the flood into dusk through summer and early autumn, with wrasse and pollack tight to the rough ground...
7.1 miles from Basset (Wheal Basset and Grylls)
Sheltered, south-facing sand-and-shingle beach in Falmouth with rocky ground and kelp at both ends leading toward Castle Beach (east) and Swanpool/Pennance Point (west). Suits both lure and bait anglers: bass patrol the surf and gullies, mackerel and garfish show in summer, mullet cruise the margins on calm days, and wrasse/pollack...
