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Quick links: Land’s End · Nanjizal · Priest’s Cove · Porthcurno Beach · Porthgwarra · Porth Chapel Cove

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27 Marks Found

Land’s End

(6.7/10)

1.9 miles from Escalls

Iconic Atlantic headland of high granite cliffs with immediate deep water and kelp-filled gullies. Powerful tides and Atlantic swells sweep the point, so choose neap tides and settled seas. Access is from the Land’s End car park with rough coastal paths; only a few lower ledges are fishable and require...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Nanjizal

(6.7/10)

2.2 miles from Escalls

Remote rocky coves and ledges around Nanjizal (Mill Bay) near Land's End. Mixed rough ground with kelp, boulders and sand patches in the bay; deep gullies off the points. Best in settled seas with a small westerly swell. Productive from late spring through autumn for lure and float fishing; heavier...

Bass Pollack Three-bearded Rockling Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Priest’s Cove

(6.9/10)

3.1 miles from Escalls

Priest’s Cove sits just below Cape Cornwall near St Just. It’s a rugged rock mark with a small slipway and boulder-strewn ledges dropping into kelp-filled gullies and relatively deep water close in. Expect strong tidal movement around the headland, clear water in settled weather, and heavy, snaggy ground—use rotten-bottom/weak-link leads....

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Porthcurno Beach

(6.7/10)

3.2 miles from Escalls

A picturesque south-coast sandy cove beneath the Minack Theatre, with clear water and rocky headlands at both ends. The beach offers clean sand with gullies and patches of mixed ground, while the rocks provide wrasse and pollack sport. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings mackerel, garfish and...

Bass Pollack Spotted Ray Small-eyed Ray Painted Ray

Porthgwarra

(7/10)

3.2 miles from Escalls

Compact cove with easy parking and foot access leading to kelpy rock ledges around Gwennap Head. Deep water is close in with fast tides, clear water in calm spells, and Atlantic swell exposure. Excellent summer sport for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish; scad after dark. Winter can see whiting and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Porth Chapel Cove

(6.8/10)

3.3 miles from Escalls

Steep-sided cove near St Levan with clean sand and rugged granite ledges. Anglers mostly fish the rock platforms at either end into clear, relatively deep water close in. Best on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk; summer–autumn brings wrasse, pollack and surface feeders, while after dark the gullies can produce conger,...

Bass Pollack Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel) Ballan Wrasse