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Sea fishing in Penquite, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Lundy Bay, Trebarwith Strand and Polzeath Beach. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
6.8 miles from Penquite
Hawker's Cove sits on the western side of the Camel Estuary near Stepper Point, overlooking the Doom Bar. It offers mixed estuary and nearshore fishing: clean sand and fast-flowing channels in front of the beach, with rocky ground toward the headland. Strong tidal streams concentrate fish along the channel edges,...
7.0 miles from Penquite
Steep, scenic cove just east of Tintagel with a small sandy beach and rocky ledges on both sides. Most fishing is from the rocks into kelp-lined gullies and mixed ground; the beach fishes in calmer surf. Summer brings wrasse, pollack, scorpionfish and garfish, with conger and rockling after dark; mackerel...
8.3 miles from Penquite
A crescent of clean sand with prominent rocky headlands and kelp-lined gullies (Newtrain/Rocky Beach) on either side. Good summer sport from the rocks for wrasse and pollack; the beach produces bass in surf and occasional rays and turbot over the cleaner ground. Best on a flooding to high tide with...
9.2 miles from Penquite
Broad west-facing sandy bay near Padstow with easy parking and access. Clean surf over sand with rocky headlands at both ends. Fishes well on a flooding tide into dusk or after a westerly blow as the sea settles. Bass work the surf gutters; summer flatfish (especially turbot) patrol the banks;...
9.9 miles from Penquite
Sheltered sandy cove with rocky arms on either side, just east of Trevose Head. Suits surf and light lure fishing for bass in a moderate swell, with summer shoals of mackerel and garfish pushing bait tight to the beach and rocky points. Rocky margins hold wrasse and pollack in clear...
