Helford

0.7 miles from Helford

Sheltered estuary mark on the north bank of the Helford River by the ferry slip and shingle beach. A deep tidal channel runs close in with strong currents on the mid-tide; weed-covered rocks and moorings provide structure, while sand and eelgrass patches hold flatfish and mullet. Summer brings mackerel, garfish...

1.3 miles from Helford

Sheltered mixed-ground mark on the north bank of the Helford estuary at the hamlet of Durgan. Fishing is from small shingle/sand coves and weed-fringed rocks into a steadily deepening tidal channel with moorings. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb when bait and fry...

2.0 miles from Helford

Gillan is a rocky shoreline at the mouth of Gillan Creek on the east side of the Helford estuary. It offers mixed ground (kelp, boulders and small sand patches) with clean water and a steady tide run. Best results come from mid-to-high tide, especially on the flood, with summer and...

2.2 miles from Helford

Rugged granite ledges around the Mawnan side of the Helford mouth (Rosemullion Head). Deep water close in over kelp and broken ground with tide run on the headland points; pockets of cleaner sand toward Maenporth. Very snaggy but productive: wrasse and pollack from the gullies, summer pelagics in clearer water,...

2.8 miles from Helford

Rosemullion Head is a rocky headland on the north side of the Helford entrance, offering kelp-lined gullies, ledges and patches of clean sand in clear, relatively deep water. It fishes best on the flood into dusk through summer and early autumn, with wrasse and pollack tight to the rough ground...

2.9 miles from Helford

A kelp-fringed rocky headland forming the eastern side of the Helford River entrance, Nare Point offers deep water close in with strong tidal flow on springs and mixed rough ground with nearby sand patches. It fishes best on the flood and the first of the ebb, especially around dawn and...