Fishing in Ford

5.7 miles from Ford

Secluded south-coast cove with rock platforms on either side of a small sand/pebble pocket. Mixed rough ground with kelp, boulders and sand patches gives excellent light-rock and wrasse fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer–autumn brings mackerel, garfish and scad, while pollack and pout show in lower light...

6.0 miles from Ford

A remote, scenic south-coast cove of clean sand with rocky headlands between Fowey and Polperro. Access is via a steep National Trust path, so travel light. Clear water suits lure and float tactics around the rocks; the beach produces in gentle surf, especially at dawn/dusk. Fish it on settled seas...

6.2 miles from Ford

Pencarrow Head is a rugged, cliff-backed rock mark between Lantic and Lantivet bays on Cornwall’s south coast. It offers deep, clear water close in with strong tidal run off the headland, making it a prime spot for pollack and summer pelagics, plus wrasse and nocturnal conger from rough, kelpy ground....

6.2 miles from Ford

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...

6.4 miles from Ford

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,...

6.4 miles from Ford

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...