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Sea fishing in Bonython, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Polurrian Cove, Church Cove, Gunwalloe and Dollar Cove. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
5.7 miles from Bonython
Exposed rocky headland with very deep water close in, strong tidal movement and kelp-filled gullies. Best in settled weather with a light northerly or no swell. Summer brings mackerel, garfish, scad and wrasse; pollack year-round (dawn/dusk and into darkness), and conger after dark. Access is via paths from Lizard village...
6.2 miles from Bonython
Gillan is a rocky shoreline at the mouth of Gillan Creek on the east side of the Helford estuary. It offers mixed ground (kelp, boulders and small sand patches) with clean water and a steady tide run. Best results come from mid-to-high tide, especially on the flood, with summer and...
6.2 miles from Bonython
Sheltered mixed-ground mark on the north bank of the Helford estuary at the hamlet of Durgan. Fishing is from small shingle/sand coves and weed-fringed rocks into a steadily deepening tidal channel with moorings. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb when bait and fry...
6.4 miles from Bonython
Sheltered, east-facing shingle/pebble beach in a small cove on the Lizard, with rocky headlands at both ends and mixed-to-clean ground in the middle. Short walks from roadside parking put you on the beach; the rocky points offer slightly deeper water and kelp. Summer brings shoals (mackerel, garfish, scad) and good...
6.6 miles from Bonython
A rugged rocky headland on the east side of the Lizard peninsula, adjacent to the Manacles reef. Lowland Point offers kelp-filled gullies, ledges and mixed rough ground with some deeper water close in. Best in settled to moderate swell on a flooding tide, with summer into autumn bringing the most...
6.7 miles from Bonython
Secluded shingle/pebble beach on the east side of the Lizard, flanked by rough ground and low rock ledges. Mixed-to-rough ground close in with sand and broken patches further out; clear water and kelp beds make it a reliable summer wrasse/pollack mark with mackerel and garfish running in calm weather. Fishes...
