Playing Place

Fishing Marks near Playing Place

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Playing Place, Cornwall puts you close to top marks like Porthcurnick Beach, Portscatho and Pendower 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.

34 Marks Found

Trevaunance Cove

(7.2/10)

8.4 miles from Playing Place

A picturesque north-coast Cornish cove at St Agnes with rocky ledges, kelp beds and mixed rough ground giving way to sandy patches. Most anglers fish the rock arms on either side of the beach and around the old harbour remains. Summer brings clear water, wrasse, mackerel, garfish and scad; dusk...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Trevellas Porth

(6.1/10)

8.4 miles from Playing Place

A small, steep-sided rocky cove between St Agnes and Perranporth. Fishing is from rough, kelp-covered rock ledges on either side with quick depth close in. Best in settled seas and clear water on a flooding tide into dusk; avoid large Atlantic swells and spring-tide surges. Summer to early autumn brings...

Bass Pollack Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss Mackerel

Porthtowan Beach

(6.5/10)

8.5 miles from Playing Place

A broad, exposed Atlantic surf beach with rocky headlands at both ends. Best known for surf‑bass in lively water and reliable after-dark fishing over sand. In summer the rocks produce wrasse and pollack; mackerel and scad show on calmer evenings. Winter brings whiting and the odd flatfish. Fish the flooding...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Turbot

Rosemullion Head

(7.1/10)

8.6 miles from Playing Place

Rosemullion Head is a rocky headland on the north side of the Helford entrance, offering kelp-lined gullies, ledges and patches of clean sand in clear, relatively deep water. It fishes best on the flood into dusk through summer and early autumn, with wrasse and pollack tight to the rough ground...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Chapel Porth

(6.4/10)

8.7 miles from Playing Place

Exposed Atlantic-facing sandy cove backed by high cliffs, with rocky platforms and kelp-filled gullies on both flanks. Best fished on a flooding or ebbing tide in calmer windows after a blow. The surf can produce bass from the beach, while the adjacent rocks yield wrasse and pollack; occasional rays and...

Bass Pollack Whiting Small-eyed Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Perranporth Beach

(7.1/10)

8.8 miles from Playing Place

A wide Atlantic-facing surf beach backed by dunes and cliffs, with shifting sandbars, gutters and a small river entering at the northern end. Fish the flooding tide into dusk or first light, working the white water along bar edges and channel mouths. Summer and early autumn produce bass, small-eyed rays...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dab