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Sea fishing in Higher Brightor, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Portwrinkle, Finnygook Beach and Downderry Beach. 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.
6.2 miles from Higher Brightor
Freathy Beach sits on the central stretch of Whitsand Bay, a long, clean-sand surf beach backed by steep cliffs and chalet-lined paths. It’s a classic surf mark for bass and a reliable venue for small-eyed rays on settled nights, with a supporting cast of flatfish, dogfish and winter whiting. Fish...
6.9 miles from Higher Brightor
A broad south-west facing surf beach in Whitsand Bay beneath high cliffs, mostly clean sand with occasional broken ground near the ends. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark, especially as a swell drops following a blow. Bass work the white water tight in; rays and flats...
7.0 miles from Higher Brightor
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...
7.2 miles from Higher Brightor
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...
8.0 miles from Higher Brightor
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...
8.0 miles from Higher Brightor
Rocky headland at the entrance to the Hamoaze, west side of Plymouth Hoe, with immediate deep water and a powerful tidal run. Productive year-round: summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish in the tide lines; dusk and night produce pouting, poor cod and conger; pollack and bass work the rips on...
