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Planning a session in Higher Drift, Cornwall? Start with Penzance Promenade, Battery Rocks, Penzance and Lamorna Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
5.2 miles from Higher Drift
Long, gently shelving sand across Mount’s Bay facing south, with occasional patches of shingle and the rocky features around Chapel Rock and the St Michael’s Mount causeway nearby. Best results on a flooding tide into dusk or after dark. In summer, mackerel and garfish work along the margins; at night,...
5.3 miles from Higher Drift
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,...
5.3 miles from Higher Drift
A secluded north-coast pocket beach with clean sand in the middle and rough, kelp-covered rocks at both ends. Good for summer wrasse and pollack from the rocks, with bass in the surf after a blow and mackerel/scad on calm evenings. Occasional flatfish and small rays on the sandy patch. Best...
5.5 miles from Higher Drift
A small, exposed rocky cove beneath Pendeen with a granite slip and low rock ledges on either side. Deep water is close in over rough, kelpy ground with patches of broken reef, giving good summer sport on lures and float gear and productive night fishing with big baits. Best on...
5.5 miles from Higher Drift
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....
5.6 miles from Higher Drift
Remote, steep-sided rocky cove on Cornwall’s exposed north coast between Zennor Head and Gurnard’s Head. Fishing is from boulders and low rock platforms over kelp-filled gullies and mixed rough ground that drops quickly into deep water. Best in settled to moderate swell, especially around dawn/dusk and into darkness from late...
