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Sea fishing in Higher Kenneggy, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Keneggy Sands, Bessy’s Cove and Cudden Point. 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.
6.0 miles from Higher Kenneggy
Also known as Porth Kidney Sands, Lelant Beach sits on the eastern side of St Ives Bay at the mouth of the Hayle Estuary. It’s a wide, gently shelving sand beach with shifting bars, gutters and a powerful main channel that fishes best on the flood and first of the...
6.0 miles from Higher Kenneggy
A steep shingle storm beach forming the barrier to Loe Pool, with deep water close in and a powerful undertow. Consistently produces surf bass, dogfish and winter whiting; rays show on calmer, settled nights. Best on the flood and first of the ebb, especially after dark. Access from the Loe...
6.3 miles from Higher Kenneggy
A rocky headland between Carbis Bay and Porthkidney Sands near St Ives, offering mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and access to deeper water close in. Best on a flooding to high tide in calmer swells; exposed to Atlantic swell and crosswinds. Popular for spinning and float fishing in summer...
6.5 miles from Higher Kenneggy
A sheltered, sandy beach inside St Ives Bay, flanked by rocky headlands (Hawk's Point to the west and Carrack Gladden to the east). Clear water and a gentle slope make it good for surf bassing close-in, summer feathering for mackerel/garfish, wrasse and pollack around the rocky margins, and bottom fishing...
6.7 miles from Higher Kenneggy
A prominent granite headland just south of Mousehole with deep, clear water and kelp-lined ledges. Strong tidal movement wraps around the point, bringing fish tight to the rocks. Best on a flooding tide, at dawn or dusk, and after dark in calm or slight seas. Summer sport is excellent for...
6.9 miles from Higher Kenneggy
Long, dune-backed surf beach between Hayle and Gwithian on St Ives Bay. Clean sand with shifting bars and gutters; fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings bass, small-eyed ray and turbot; winter sees whiting and flatfish. Expect surf, rips and a walk through the...
