The Beacon

Fishing Marks near The Beacon

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Discover sea fishing in The Beacon, Cornwall with fast access to Gyllyngvase Beach, Swanpool Beach and Castle Beach, Falmouth. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from The Beacon, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.

29 Marks Found

Porthbeor Beach

(6.1/10)

3.8 miles from The Beacon

Secluded south-coast Roseland cove with a clean sandy middle and rocky, kelp-lined ends. Fishable through the tide but best at dusk into night on a flooding tide. The sand offers chances for bass, dogfish and occasional rays, while the rocks/gullies hold wrasse and pollack; summer can see mackerel, garfish and...

Bass Pollack Flounder Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Mawnan

(6.9/10)

4.0 miles from The Beacon

Rugged granite ledges around the Mawnan side of the Helford mouth (Rosemullion Head). Deep water close in over kelp and broken ground with tide run on the headland points; pockets of cleaner sand toward Maenporth. Very snaggy but productive: wrasse and pollack from the gullies, summer pelagics in clearer water,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Durgan

(6.7/10)

4.1 miles from The Beacon

Sheltered mixed-ground mark on the north bank of the Helford estuary at the hamlet of Durgan. Fishing is from small shingle/sand coves and weed-fringed rocks into a steadily deepening tidal channel with moorings. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb when bait and fry...

Bass Ballan Wrasse Corkwing Wrasse Rock Goby Shanny

Helford Passage

(6.8/10)

4.6 miles from The Beacon

Sheltered estuary mark on the north bank of the Helford River by the ferry slip and shingle beach. A deep tidal channel runs close in with strong currents on the mid-tide; weed-covered rocks and moorings provide structure, while sand and eelgrass patches hold flatfish and mullet. Summer brings mackerel, garfish...

Bass Flounder Dover Sole Scad (Horse Mackerel) Ballan Wrasse

Portscatho

(7.3/10)

4.9 miles from The Beacon

Small south-facing harbour on the Roseland Peninsula with a short breakwater and adjacent rock ledges looking over Gerrans Bay. Mixed rough ground with kelp and boulders close in and patches of sand further out. Productive in late spring through autumn for mackerel, scad, garfish and wrasse; pollack and bass around...

Bass Pollack Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel) Ballan Wrasse

Nare Point

(7/10)

5.0 miles from The Beacon

A kelp-fringed rocky headland forming the eastern side of the Helford River entrance, Nare Point offers deep water close in with strong tidal flow on springs and mixed rough ground with nearby sand patches. It fishes best on the flood and the first of the ebb, especially around dawn and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel