Methleigh

8.9 miles from Methleigh

Also known as Porth Kidney Sands, Lelant Beach sits on the eastern side of St Ives Bay at the mouth of the Hayle Estuary. It’s a wide, gently shelving sand beach with shifting bars, gutters and a powerful main channel that fishes best on the flood and first of the...

9.0 miles from Methleigh

A dramatic serpentine-rock cove on the Lizard with deep kelp-filled gullies and a strong tide run around Asparagus Island. Fishing is from uneven, wave-washed rocks over very rough ground; expect tackle losses. Summer brings excellent wrasse and pollack sport, with mackerel and garfish on clearer, calmer days and bass in...

9.1 miles from Methleigh

Long, dune-backed surf beach between Hayle and Gwithian on St Ives Bay. Clean sand with shifting bars and gutters; fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings bass, small-eyed ray and turbot; winter sees whiting and flatfish. Expect surf, rips and a walk through the...

9.3 miles from Methleigh

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...

9.3 miles from Methleigh

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...

9.3 miles from Methleigh

A broad sandy bay on the Lizard with rocky headlands at both ends (West and East Kennack). It offers classic surf-beach bass fishing over clean sand plus wrasse and pollack from the rocks. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad; nights produce dogfish, and occasional rays and turbot show on the...