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Planning a session in Tolgus Mount, Cornwall? Start with Portreath Beach, Portreath Harbour Breakwater and Basset’s Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
9.0 miles from Tolgus Mount
A wide, shallow sandy beach on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, Porth Kidney Sands offers productive surf and channel fishing. Shifting sandbars and tidal gullies draw fish on the flood and into dusk, with the estuary mouth providing extra movement and food. Expect bass and flatfish through the...
9.2 miles from Tolgus Mount
Also known as Porth Kidney Sands, Lelant Beach sits on the eastern side of St Ives Bay at the mouth of the Hayle Estuary. It’s a wide, gently shelving sand beach with shifting bars, gutters and a powerful main channel that fishes best on the flood and first of the...
9.6 miles from Tolgus Mount
A rocky headland between Carbis Bay and Porthkidney Sands near St Ives, offering mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and access to deeper water close in. Best on a flooding to high tide in calmer swells; exposed to Atlantic swell and crosswinds. Popular for spinning and float fishing in summer...
9.7 miles from Tolgus Mount
Penhale Sands is a long, exposed Atlantic surf beach between Perranporth and Ligger Point, backed by high dunes. It fishes best on a flooding tide when gutters and sandbars form, especially at dusk and into darkness. Look for pronounced rips and channels after a blow; work the first and second...
10.0 miles from Tolgus Mount
A sheltered, sandy beach inside St Ives Bay, flanked by rocky headlands (Hawk's Point to the west and Carrack Gladden to the east). Clear water and a gentle slope make it good for surf bassing close-in, summer feathering for mackerel/garfish, wrasse and pollack around the rocky margins, and bottom fishing...
