A south-facing sandy cove just east of Looe with rocky headlands at either end. Millendreath offers mixed ground: clean sand in the middle for flatfish, dogfish and rays, and kelp-covered rock ledges and gullies for wrasse, pollack and bass. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk, with clear-water...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Plaidy Beach

(6.4/10)

9.4 miles from Draynes, East

A small, sheltered south-coast cove just east of Looe with mixed ground: clean sand in the middle and rocky ledges/kelp beds at both ends. Good for summer float and lure fishing in clear water, with options to ledger baits onto the sandy tongue for flatfish and dogfish after dusk. Best...

Bass Pollack Whiting Dover Sole Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Looe Banjo Pier

(7.6/10)

9.8 miles from Draynes, East

A classic banjo-shaped harbour pier at East Looe giving access to mixed sand and rock at the harbour mouth. Easy, family-friendly access with railings; fishes best on the flood and first of the ebb when the tide runs past the end. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad in numbers, while...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Flounder