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Discover sea fishing in Mawnan Smith, Cornwall with fast access to Durgan, Maenporth Beach and Rosemullion Head. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Mawnan Smith, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
0.9 miles from Mawnan Smith
Sheltered mixed-ground mark on the north bank of the Helford estuary at the hamlet of Durgan. Fishing is from small shingle/sand coves and weed-fringed rocks into a steadily deepening tidal channel with moorings. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb when bait and fry...
0.9 miles from Mawnan Smith
Sheltered south-facing sandy cove near Falmouth with clean sand in the middle and rocky, kelpy ground at both ends. Best on a flooding tide and at dawn/dusk. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in; bass patrol the surf line and reef edges; wrasse and pollack hold around the rocks;...
1.3 miles from Mawnan Smith
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...
1.3 miles from Mawnan Smith
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,...
1.4 miles from Mawnan Smith
Sheltered estuary mark on the north bank of the Helford River by the ferry slip and shingle beach. A deep tidal channel runs close in with strong currents on the mid-tide; weed-covered rocks and moorings provide structure, while sand and eelgrass patches hold flatfish and mullet. Summer brings mackerel, garfish...
2.0 miles from Mawnan Smith
Stack Point is a rugged rocky headland on the Roseland side of Falmouth Bay, offering quick access to deep, kelpy water and lively tide rips formed by the movement at the mouth of the Fal/Carrick Roads. It’s a classic summer lure-and-wrasse venue with Pollack patrolling the kelp edges, mackerel and...
