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Sea fishing in Looe, West, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Looe Banjo Pier, Hannafore and Plaidy 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.
3.2 miles from Looe, West
A long shingle-and-sand beach on Cornwall’s south coast with a river outflow, gentle to moderate surf and clean ground, offering easy access and year-round prospects. The Seaton River creates gutters and rips that draw bait and predators, making this a reliable mark for bass and flatfish, with summer shoals of...
4.0 miles from Looe, West
Long, exposed shingle/pebble beach linking Seaton and Downderry on the east side of Whitsand Bay. Mixed ground with clean sand along the central stretches and rougher rock/kelp at either end. Fishes best on a flooding tide into and after dusk: surf or lively water for bass; calm, settled nights for...
5.6 miles from Looe, West
Secluded south-coast cove with rock platforms on either side of a small sand/pebble pocket. Mixed rough ground with kelp, boulders and sand patches gives excellent light-rock and wrasse fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer–autumn brings mackerel, garfish and scad, while pollack and pout show in lower light...
6.4 miles from Looe, West
Compact south-facing rock ledges and a small historic harbour opening into Whitsand Bay. Mixed rough ground with kelp, boulders and gullies interspersed with sandy patches. Prime seasons are late spring through autumn. Wrasse and pollack dominate daylight sessions; summer evenings bring mackerel, scad and garfish tight to the walls and...
6.5 miles from Looe, West
Finnygook Beach sits just east of Portwrinkle on Whitsand Bay. It’s a wide sandy beach with rocky margins and gullies that fish well on a flooding tide, especially into dusk and after dark. Expect surf tables and occasional strong rips; the beach can become cut off at higher states in...
6.6 miles from Looe, West
Pencarrow Head is a rugged, cliff-backed rock mark between Lantic and Lantivet bays on Cornwall’s south coast. It offers deep, clear water close in with strong tidal run off the headland, making it a prime spot for pollack and summer pelagics, plus wrasse and nocturnal conger from rough, kelpy ground....
