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Sea fishing in Helford Passage, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Helford Passage, Durgan and Mawnan. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
4.6 miles from Helford Passage
Castle Beach, Falmouth is a mixed shingle and rocky beach beneath Pendennis, with extensive reef, ledges and kelp beds giving quick access to relatively deep, clear water. It’s an excellent LRF and float/spinning venue with lots of mini-species along with wrasse and pollack; in late spring to autumn you’ll also...
4.8 miles from Helford Passage
Secluded shingle/pebble beach on the east side of the Lizard, flanked by rough ground and low rock ledges. Mixed-to-rough ground close in with sand and broken patches further out; clear water and kelp beds make it a reliable summer wrasse/pollack mark with mackerel and garfish running in calm weather. Fishes...
4.8 miles from Helford Passage
Rocky headland at the mouth of Falmouth Bay/Carrick Roads with deep water close in, strong tidal flow and kelp-strewn rough ground. Offers ledges facing both the open sea and the more sheltered inner side. Best from late spring to autumn for lure fishing and summer pelagics; after dark brings scad,...
5.5 miles from Helford Passage
A rugged rocky headland on the east side of the Lizard peninsula, adjacent to the Manacles reef. Lowland Point offers kelp-filled gullies, ledges and mixed rough ground with some deeper water close in. Best in settled to moderate swell on a flooding tide, with summer into autumn bringing the most...
5.8 miles from Helford Passage
St Anthony Head is a prominent rocky headland at the mouth of the Fal (Carrick Roads), opposite Pendennis Point. The rocks give immediate access to deep, clear water with strong tidal runs, making it a classic lure and float-fishing venue. Summer and early autumn bring mackerel, garfish and scad through...
5.8 miles from Helford Passage
A curved granite breakwater protecting Coverack’s small harbour on the east side of the Lizard. Deep water is close to the outer end with rough ground, kelp and mixed sand in the bay. Prime in late spring through autumn for LRF and float tactics: mackerel and night-time scad shoal along...
