St Buryan

Fishing Marks near St Buryan

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Planning a session in St Buryan, Cornwall? Start with Boscawen Point, St Loy Cove and Penberth Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.

33 Marks Found

Land’s End

(6.7/10)

4.2 miles from St Buryan

Iconic Atlantic headland of high granite cliffs with immediate deep water and kelp-filled gullies. Powerful tides and Atlantic swells sweep the point, so choose neap tides and settled seas. Access is from the Land’s End car park with rough coastal paths; only a few lower ledges are fishable and require...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Penzance Promenade

(7.5/10)

4.6 miles from St Buryan

Long seafront sea wall with easy access and mixed ground: clean sand and shingle in front of the Prom, with rougher, kelpy ground and boulders around Battery Rocks by Jubilee Pool. Productive in summer evenings for shoaling fish, with winter action for small bottom species. Best 2 hours before and...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Dab

Battery Rocks, Penzance

(7.5/10)

4.9 miles from St Buryan

Rocky ledges beside Jubilee Pool and the harbour mouth, offering mixed rough ground with kelp beds and occasional sand patches. Best in calm to moderate seas on the flood, especially dawn or dusk in summer. Expect prolific wrasse and mini-species close in, with seasonal mackerel, garfish and scad on clearer...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Priest’s Cove

(6.9/10)

5.2 miles from St Buryan

Priest’s Cove sits just below Cape Cornwall near St Just. It’s a rugged rock mark with a small slipway and boulder-strewn ledges dropping into kelp-filled gullies and relatively deep water close in. Expect strong tidal movement around the headland, clear water in settled weather, and heavy, snaggy ground—use rotten-bottom/weak-link leads....

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Cape Cornwall

(6.7/10)

5.5 miles from St Buryan

Exposed Atlantic headland of rough, kelpy rock ledges with quick access to deep water. Powerful tidal run and frequent swell; best fished in settled conditions, on the flood and around dusk/dawn. Summer and early autumn see prolific mackerel, scad and garfish with consistent pollack and wrasse; winter brings pouting/poor cod...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Mackerel

Geevor Rocks

(6.7/10)

6.2 miles from St Buryan

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