Fishing in Higher Town

6.8 miles from Higher Town

A small, steep-sided rocky cove between St Agnes and Perranporth. Fishing is from rough, kelp-covered rock ledges on either side with quick depth close in. Best in settled seas and clear water on a flooding tide into dusk; avoid large Atlantic swells and spring-tide surges. Summer to early autumn brings...

6.8 miles from Higher Town

A picturesque north-coast Cornish cove at St Agnes with rocky ledges, kelp beds and mixed rough ground giving way to sandy patches. Most anglers fish the rock arms on either side of the beach and around the old harbour remains. Summer brings clear water, wrasse, mackerel, garfish and scad; dusk...

6.9 miles from Higher Town

A long, south-facing sandy beach in Gerrans Bay on the Roseland Peninsula, merging with Carne Beach at low tide. Clean sand with shifting bars and gullies, plus rocky fringes at either end. A reliable surf mark for bass and flatfish; dogfish and rays over the cleaner ground; summer mackerel, garfish...

6.9 miles from Higher Town

A wide Atlantic-facing surf beach backed by dunes and cliffs, with shifting sandbars, gutters and a small river entering at the northern end. Fish the flooding tide into dusk or first light, working the white water along bar edges and channel mouths. Summer and early autumn produce bass, small-eyed rays...

6.9 miles from Higher Town

A prominent rocky headland on the west side of Perranporth Bay, offering mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and pockets that drop onto cleaner sand at range. It fishes best on a flooding tide into the first couple of hours of the ebb, especially around dawn or dusk when water...

7.0 miles from Higher Town

East-facing sandy cove just north of Portscatho with rocky headlands at either end. The clean, gently shelving sand produces surf bass, flatfish and dogfish, while the rocks hold wrasse, pollack and seasonal pelagics. Best on a flooding tide, especially with a light onshore push that forms gutters and rips along...