Penzance

Fishing Marks near Penzance

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Planning a session in Penzance, Cornwall? Start with Penzance Promenade, Battery Rocks, Penzance and Longrock Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.

50 Marks Found

Bessy’s Cove

(7/10)

5.5 miles from Penzance

A small, sheltered rocky cove within the Prussia Cove group between Perranuthnoe and Praa Sands. Bessy’s Cove offers mixed rough ground with kelp-filled gullies and patches of clean sand in clear water. It suits float fishing, LRF, and light lure work, with best results at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Prussia Cove

(6.8/10)

5.6 miles from Penzance

A cluster of small, rugged coves and rock ledges between Perranuthnoe and Praa Sands, with kelp-filled gullies and quick access to relatively deep, clear water. Best fished on a flooding tide into dusk, with summer lure fishing for pollack and wrasse particularly productive. Mackerel and garfish show in calm, clear...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Keneggy Sands

(6.2/10)

5.7 miles from Penzance

A secluded south-coast beach in Mount’s Bay between Praa Sands and Prussia Cove, Keneggy Sands has clean sand flanked by rocky, kelp-fringed arms. Access is steep via a cliff path with a final scramble, and parts of the beach can be cut off by the flood, so plan around tide...

Bass Pollack Dab Small-eyed Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Gurnard’s Head

(6.4/10)

5.8 miles from Penzance

A rugged Atlantic headland of steep, kelpy rock ledges with quick access to deep water. Reached via the coast path from near the Gurnard’s Head, the mark fishes best on a flooding tide, at dawn/dusk, and in settled clear conditions for pelagics and pollack; a bit of lift and colour...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Bull Huss

Zennor Head

(6.4/10)

5.9 miles from Penzance

Zennor Head is a rugged granite headland west of St Ives with steep rock ledges and kelpy, deep water close in. It fishes best in settled or moderate seas with clear water, especially at dawn and dusk on a flooding tide. Expect powerful tides, snaggy ground and sudden swells; pick...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Portheras Cove

(7/10)

6.1 miles from Penzance

A secluded north-coast pocket beach with clean sand in the middle and rough, kelp-covered rocks at both ends. Good for summer wrasse and pollack from the rocks, with bass in the surf after a blow and mackerel/scad on calm evenings. Occasional flatfish and small rays on the sandy patch. Best...

Bass Pollack Whiting Small-eyed Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish