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

Lelant Beach

(6.4/10)

6.7 miles from Penzance

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...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Porth Kidney Sands

(6.8/10)

6.8 miles from Penzance

A wide, shallow sandy beach on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, Porth Kidney Sands offers productive surf and channel fishing. Shifting sandbars and tidal gullies draw fish on the flood and into dusk, with the estuary mouth providing extra movement and food. Expect bass and flatfish through the...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Turbot

Porthminster Beach

(6.9/10)

6.8 miles from Penzance

A sheltered, gently shelving sandy beach on the east side of St Ives with clean ground and rocky fringes at either end. Best fished at dawn, dusk, and after dark, especially the last two hours of the flood into high water. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, with...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Dab

Pedn Vounder

(6.3/10)

6.9 miles from Penzance

Pedn Vounder is a stunning, tidal sandy cove beneath Treen and just west of Logan Rock. It offers clear water with rocky, kelp-lined ledges at either end and clean sand in the middle. Best in calm summer and early autumn conditions, it fishes well on a flooding tide at dawn...

Bass Pollack Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss Mackerel

Geevor Rocks

(6.7/10)

6.9 miles from Penzance

Exposed granite rock platforms below Geevor Tin Mine near Pendeen on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast. Deep water meets kelp-covered rough ground within casting range, making it a classic lure-and-bait rock mark. Most productive in settled conditions with a light swell, especially around dawn/dusk and on a flooding tide. Summer and early...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Logan Rock

(6.8/10)

6.9 miles from Penzance

Logan Rock is a prominent granite headland at Treen on the east side of Porthcurno Bay. It offers deep, clear water close to the rocks with strong tidal flow around the points, kelp-filled gullies, and casts onto mixed ground with sand patches toward Pedn Vounder. Best in settled to moderate...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel