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Discover sea fishing in St Wenn, Cornwall with fast access to Mawgan Porth, Rock Beach and Bedruthan Steps. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from St Wenn, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
8.5 miles from St Wenn
A crescent of clean sand with prominent rocky headlands and kelp-lined gullies (Newtrain/Rocky Beach) on either side. Good summer sport from the rocks for wrasse and pollack; the beach produces bass in surf and occasional rays and turbot over the cleaner ground. Best on a flooding to high tide with...
8.5 miles from St Wenn
A shifting sandy bar at the mouth of the Camel Estuary between Stepper Point and Trebetherick Point, notorious for strong tides and breaking surf. Fished from the shorelines of Hawker’s Cove, Daymer Bay and Rock, it offers classic surf–estuary bassing and clean-sand flatfish. Best on a flooding tide as water...
8.5 miles from St Wenn
A tide-dependent cove between Porth and Watergate Bay with steep cliff steps and a mix of clean sand, rock platforms, and kelp-fringed gullies. Suits surf fishing for bass and flats on the sand, and light lure/bait work around the rocky edges for pollack and wrasse. Summer brings mackerel, scad, and...
8.5 miles from St Wenn
A broad, sandy Atlantic surf beach with rocky headlands at both ends, Porthcothan Bay fishes well on a flooding tide after a bit of swell has settled. The clean sand holds bass, flatfish and small-eyed rays, while the kelp-lined gullies off the rocks offer wrasse and pollack in calmer, clearer...
8.6 miles from St Wenn
Hawker's Cove sits on the western side of the Camel Estuary near Stepper Point, overlooking the Doom Bar. It offers mixed estuary and nearshore fishing: clean sand and fast-flowing channels in front of the beach, with rocky ground toward the headland. Strong tidal streams concentrate fish along the channel edges,...
8.6 miles from St Wenn
Broad west-facing sandy bay near Padstow with easy parking and access. Clean surf over sand with rocky headlands at both ends. Fishes well on a flooding tide into dusk or after a westerly blow as the sea settles. Bass work the surf gutters; summer flatfish (especially turbot) patrol the banks;...