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Discover sea fishing in Lower Penpoll, Cornwall with fast access to Lansallos Cove, Lantic Bay and Pencarrow Head. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Lower Penpoll, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
3.7 miles from Lower Penpoll
A small, sheltered harbour on the west side of St Austell Bay. Angling is from the curved outer wall and adjacent rocks into mixed sand and rough ground, with shallow water inside the basin and slightly deeper water off the outside. Best results come on a flooding tide into dusk...
4.1 miles from Lower Penpoll
Par Beach (Par Sands) is a long, shallow-gradient sandy beach on St Austell Bay, backed by dunes and a lagoon. It offers easy, level access from the main car park and mostly clean ground with occasional fine shingle. The Par River creates gutters and channels that draw bass and flatfish,...
4.3 miles from Lower Penpoll
Exposed rocky headland with deep gullies and kelp-lined ledges. Tide runs hard off the point bringing baitfish; best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide in settled seas. Summer to early autumn sees the most action. Access is via the South West Coast Path with steep, uneven descents to fishable platforms;...
5.1 miles from Lower Penpoll
Talland Bay is a mixed-ground venue between Looe and Polperro with boulder-strewn rock ledges, kelp beds and interspersed sand patches. Most anglers target the rocky points either side of the two small beaches, where wrasse and pollack dominate in warmer months; on clear summer evenings mackerel, garfish and scad often...
5.8 miles from Lower Penpoll
Crinnis Beach is the western beach of Carlyon Bay near St Austell, a broad, gently shelving sand-and-shingle strand backed by cliffs, with rocky points at either end. It’s a relatively sheltered south-coast mark that fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Expect summer sport with bass...
6.2 miles from Lower Penpoll
A secluded south-facing cove between Looe and Talland with a sandy centre and rocky ledges at both ends. Access is via the South West Coast Path and steep steps, so travel light. The mixed ground offers options: clean sand in the middle for flatfish and dogfish, and rough kelp-covered rocks...
