Highlanes

Fishing Marks near Highlanes

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Highlanes, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Hayle Towans, Porth Kidney Sands and Mexico Towans. 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.

40 Marks Found

Porthleven Beach

(6.2/10)

8.3 miles from Highlanes

An exposed shingle-and-sand surf beach immediately east of Porthleven Harbour. It shelves quickly and forms shifting gutters and bars that hold fish on flooding and ebbing tides. Summer brings bass, mackerel and garfish close in; autumn–winter sees whiting and dogfish. Night sessions produce flatfish (sole, plaice, dab). Powerful Atlantic swell,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Gurnard’s Head

(6.4/10)

8.5 miles from Highlanes

A rugged Atlantic headland of steep, kelpy rock ledges with quick access to deep water. Reached via the coast path from near the Gurnard’s Head, the mark fishes best on a flooding tide, at dawn/dusk, and in settled clear conditions for pelagics and pollack; a bit of lift and colour...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Bull Huss

Porthmeor Cove, Zennor

(6.6/10)

8.9 miles from Highlanes

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling

Loe Bar

(6.1/10)

9.5 miles from Highlanes

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...

Bass Whiting Plaice Turbot Thornback Ray