St Winnow

Fishing Marks near St Winnow

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Planning a session in St Winnow, Cornwall? Start with Par Beach, Polkerris Harbour Wall and Readymoney Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.

20 Marks Found

Pencarrow Head

(6.5/10)

4.7 miles from St Winnow

Pencarrow Head is a rugged, cliff-backed rock mark between Lantic and Lantivet bays on Cornwall’s south coast. It offers deep, clear water close in with strong tidal run off the headland, making it a prime spot for pollack and summer pelagics, plus wrasse and nocturnal conger from rough, kelpy ground....

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Lansallos Cove

(6.6/10)

4.8 miles from St Winnow

Secluded south-coast cove with rock platforms on either side of a small sand/pebble pocket. Mixed rough ground with kelp, boulders and sand patches gives excellent light-rock and wrasse fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer–autumn brings mackerel, garfish and scad, while pollack and pout show in lower light...

Bass Pollack Bull Huss Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Crinnis Beach

(6.4/10)

4.8 miles from St Winnow

Crinnis Beach is the western beach of Carlyon Bay near St Austell, a broad, gently shelving sand-and-shingle strand backed by cliffs, with rocky points at either end. It’s a relatively sheltered south-coast mark that fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Expect summer sport with bass...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Gribbin Head

(6.6/10)

4.9 miles from St Winnow

Exposed rocky headland with deep gullies and kelp-lined ledges. Tide runs hard off the point bringing baitfish; best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide in settled seas. Summer to early autumn sees the most action. Access is via the South West Coast Path with steep, uneven descents to fishable platforms;...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Bull Huss

Porthpean Beach

(7.3/10)

6.6 miles from St Winnow

Sheltered south-coast sand-and-shingle beach on St Austell Bay with rocky headlands at both ends. The clean sand in the middle suits flatfish and small hounds after dark, while the weedy, bouldery margins and ledges produce prolific light-rock-fishing for gobies, blennies, wrasse and scorpion fish. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad...

Bass Pollack Whiting Plaice Dover Sole

Black Head, St Austell Bay

(6.7/10)

7.4 miles from St Winnow

A prominent rocky headland on the east side of St Austell Bay near Trenarren. Steep rock platforms give access to relatively deep, kelpy water (6–15 m at high tide) over rough ground. Best on the flood and into dusk; summer and early autumn bring prolific lure fishing, while nights produce...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel