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Discover sea fishing in Castledore, Cornwall with fast access to Par Beach, Polkerris Harbour Wall and Readymoney Cove. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Castledore, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
1.6 miles from Castledore
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,...
1.7 miles from Castledore
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...
2.4 miles from Castledore
Sheltered south-facing sandy cove at the mouth of the Fowey estuary, backed by cliffs and overlooked by St Catherine’s Castle. Clean sand in the centre with rough, kelpy rock fringes on both sides. The beach fishes best early/late or outside busy bathing times; work the rocky margins for wrasse and...
2.5 miles from Castledore
Rocky headland directly below St Catherine’s Castle at the mouth of Fowey Harbour. Deep water tight to the rocks with kelp, boulders and ledges, and a strong tidal run across the harbour mouth. Best on neap to mid tides or the first/last couple of hours of the flood/ebb in settled...
2.6 miles from Castledore
A quiet twin-cove (often called Polridmouth) on the Menabilly Estate facing into St Austell Bay. The seabed is mainly clean sand in the bays with weedy, boulder-strewn headlands and short reefy fingers at either end, giving both surfy beach fishing and rough-ground options. Best in settled to moderate seas with...
3.2 miles from Castledore
Exposed rocky headland with deep gullies and kelp-lined ledges. Tide runs hard off the point bringing baitfish; best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide in settled seas. Summer to early autumn sees the most action. Access is via the South West Coast Path with steep, uneven descents to fishable platforms;...
