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Quick links: Penzance Promenade · Battery Rocks, Penzance · Lamorna Cove · Penzer Point · St Loy Cove · Boscawen Point

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Penzance Promenade

(7.5/10)

2.1 miles from Lower Drift

Long seafront sea wall with easy access and mixed ground: clean sand and shingle in front of the Prom, with rougher, kelpy ground and boulders around Battery Rocks by Jubilee Pool. Productive in summer evenings for shoaling fish, with winter action for small bottom species. Best 2 hours before and...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Dab

Battery Rocks, Penzance

(7.5/10)

2.4 miles from Lower Drift

Rocky ledges beside Jubilee Pool and the harbour mouth, offering mixed rough ground with kelp beds and occasional sand patches. Best in calm to moderate seas on the flood, especially dawn or dusk in summer. Expect prolific wrasse and mini-species close in, with seasonal mackerel, garfish and scad on clearer...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Lamorna Cove

(7.1/10)

2.9 miles from Lower Drift

A picturesque granite cove with rough, kelpy ground and deep water close to the rock points on either side of the small slip/quay. It fishes best on the flood through high water with clear, mobile water. Summer brings prolific wrasse and lure-caught pollack, with mackerel and garfish shoaling tight to...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Penzer Point

(6.7/10)

2.9 miles from Lower Drift

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...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss

St Loy Cove

(6.8/10)

3.6 miles from Lower Drift

A secluded, boulder-strewn cove on the south coast of Penwith between Lamorna and Penberth. Fishing is from granite ledges and large rounded boulders with rough, kelpy ground and occasional sand patches. Best in settled to moderate conditions and during the flood through high water, with dusk and dawn especially productive...

Bass Pollack Bull Huss Mackerel Ballan Wrasse

Boscawen Point

(6.6/10)

3.6 miles from Lower Drift

A remote granite headland between Lamorna Cove and Porthcurno with deep water tight to the rocks and a strong tidal run around the point. Classic rough-ground fishing: kelp, ledges and boulders, with clear water in settled weather. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and at night for larger fish;...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel