Long Downs

Fishing Marks near Long Downs

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Long Downs, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Maenporth Beach, Swanpool Beach and Gyllyngvase 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.

36 Marks Found

Castle Beach, Falmouth

(7.5/10)

4.9 miles from Long Downs

Castle Beach, Falmouth is a mixed shingle and rocky beach beneath Pendennis, with extensive reef, ledges and kelp beds giving quick access to relatively deep, clear water. It’s an excellent LRF and float/spinning venue with lots of mini-species along with wrasse and pollack; in late spring to autumn you’ll also...

Bass Pollack Pouting Plaice Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Rosemullion Head

(7.1/10)

5.2 miles from Long Downs

Rosemullion Head is a rocky headland on the north side of the Helford entrance, offering kelp-lined gullies, ledges and patches of clean sand in clear, relatively deep water. It fishes best on the flood into dusk through summer and early autumn, with wrasse and pollack tight to the rough ground...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Mawnan

(6.9/10)

5.4 miles from Long Downs

Rugged granite ledges around the Mawnan side of the Helford mouth (Rosemullion Head). Deep water close in over kelp and broken ground with tide run on the headland points; pockets of cleaner sand toward Maenporth. Very snaggy but productive: wrasse and pollack from the gullies, summer pelagics in clearer water,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Pendennis Point

(7.1/10)

5.5 miles from Long Downs

Rocky headland at the mouth of Falmouth Bay/Carrick Roads with deep water close in, strong tidal flow and kelp-strewn rough ground. Offers ledges facing both the open sea and the more sheltered inner side. Best from late spring to autumn for lure fishing and summer pelagics; after dark brings scad,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

St Mawes Castle Rocks

(7.3/10)

6.2 miles from Long Downs

Tidal rock ledges directly below St Mawes Castle on the east side of the Carrick Roads. Deep water is close in with strong run on the flood and ebb. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and at first light in settled seas. Expect summer sport with pollack,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Gillan

(7.1/10)

6.2 miles from Long Downs

Gillan is a rocky shoreline at the mouth of Gillan Creek on the east side of the Helford estuary. It offers mixed ground (kelp, boulders and small sand patches) with clean water and a steady tide run. Best results come from mid-to-high tide, especially on the flood, with summer and...

Bass Pollack Flounder Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)