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Planning a session in Polwheveral, Cornwall? Start with Helford Passage, Durgan and Maenporth Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
7.0 miles from Polwheveral
A curved granite breakwater protecting Coverack’s small harbour on the east side of the Lizard. Deep water is close to the outer end with rough ground, kelp and mixed sand in the bay. Prime in late spring through autumn for LRF and float tactics: mackerel and night-time scad shoal along...
7.0 miles from Polwheveral
An exposed shingle-and-sand surf beach immediately east of Porthleven Harbour. It shelves quickly and forms shifting gutters and bars that hold fish on flooding and ebbing tides. Summer brings bass, mackerel and garfish close in; autumn–winter sees whiting and dogfish. Night sessions produce flatfish (sole, plaice, dab). Powerful Atlantic swell,...
7.2 miles from Polwheveral
An exposed granite pier guarding Porthleven Harbour with quick access to deep, kelpy water in the harbour mouth. Summer shoals of mackerel and scad pass close, while wrasse and pollack patrol the walls and rough ground. After dark, pouting, poor cod and the odd conger show. Best on settled seas...
7.4 miles from Polwheveral
A broad sandy bay on the Lizard with rocky headlands at both ends (West and East Kennack). It offers classic surf-beach bass fishing over clean sand plus wrasse and pollack from the rocks. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad; nights produce dogfish, and occasional rays and turbot show on the...
7.5 miles from Polwheveral
Rocky headlands flanking a sandy cove just north of Mullion on the Lizard. Kelp-filled gullies and ledges give fast access to depth, fishing best on the flood into dusk. Summer brings prolific wrasse and lure-caught pollack, with mackerel, scad and garfish on clearer, calmer days; after dark, conger and the...
7.7 miles from Polwheveral
An east-facing sandy beach on the Roseland Peninsula with rocky fringes at both ends and clear water. Sheltered from prevailing south-westerlies but exposed to easterlies; a gentle slope over clean sand with patches of weed and gullies. Best on a flooding tide into dusk. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad...
