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Sea fishing in Carpalla, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Porthpean Beach, Crinnis Beach and Pentewan Sands. 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.
7.2 miles from Carpalla
Par Beach (Par Sands) is a long, shallow-gradient sandy beach on St Austell Bay, backed by dunes and a lagoon. It offers easy, level access from the main car park and mostly clean ground with occasional fine shingle. The Par River creates gutters and channels that draw bass and flatfish,...
7.8 miles from Carpalla
A small, sheltered harbour on the west side of St Austell Bay. Angling is from the curved outer wall and adjacent rocks into mixed sand and rough ground, with shallow water inside the basin and slightly deeper water off the outside. Best results come on a flooding tide into dusk...
8.0 miles from Carpalla
A compact south-coast cove with a small sandy beach flanked by kelpy rock ledges and a stream outflow. Easy access via the slip from the hamlet, but space is limited and much of the beach covers at higher stages of the tide. Mixed ground gives options: bait fish onto the...
8.0 miles from Carpalla
Porthluney Cove (Caerhays Beach) is a sheltered, south-facing sandy beach beneath Caerhays Castle. It offers mixed ground: clean sand through the middle for flatfish and dogfish, and kelpy, bouldery rock ledges at both ends that hold wrasse, pollack and bass. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and...
8.1 miles from Carpalla
Compact sandy cove on the Roseland with easy access from the hamlet and rocky headlands either side. The bottom is mixed sand, boulder and kelp, giving options for both bait and lure fishing. Wrasse and pollack dominate around the rough ground; mackerel and scad show in summer evenings; bass patrol...
8.3 miles from Carpalla
A small stone pier protecting a sandy cove on Cornwall’s south coast. Mixed ground: clean sand straight off the end with rougher rock and weed along the wall and outer apron. Best fished on a flooding tide through high water; much of the harbour dries at low. Suits light tactics...
