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Planning a session in Penhale-an-drea, Cornwall? Start with Rinsey Cove, Praa Sands and Trewavas Head. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
8.8 miles from Penhale-an-drea
North-facing Atlantic surf beach in St Ives with clean sand and rocky headlands at both ends (The Island to the east, Clodgy/Man’s Head to the west). Bass patrol the surf gutters and rips; summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, while the rocks at either end hold wrasse and...
9.0 miles from Penhale-an-drea
An exposed north-coast surf beach backed by a small harbour and cliffs. Best fished on the flood into dusk and after dark when the surf eases, working the gutters and channels—especially toward the harbour side and around the stream outflow. Produces surf bass in lively water, dogfish and rays on...
9.0 miles from Penhale-an-drea
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...
9.2 miles from Penhale-an-drea
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...
9.2 miles from Penhale-an-drea
An exposed north-coast breakwater guarding Portreath’s small harbour, offering mixed to rough ground with kelp beds, boulders and sand patches just outside the mouth. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk, with clear-to-settled seas suiting lure and float tactics for pelagics and wrasse, and coloured water or evening...
9.4 miles from Penhale-an-drea
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...
