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Discover sea fishing in Whitesand Bay Battery, Cornwall with fast access to Tregonhawke Beach, Freathy Beach and Sharrow Beach. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Whitesand Bay Battery, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
4.5 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
Rocky ledges and platforms below Plymouth Hoe beside the Art Deco Tinside Lido, giving quick access to relatively deep, mixed-to-clean ground in Plymouth Sound. Best in summer and autumn—wrasse and pollack by day tight to kelp, scad, mackerel and garfish at dusk into night, with pouting and the odd conger...
4.7 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
A stone breakwater projecting from Mount Batten into the Cattewater, offering mixed rough/clean ground with 4–12 m of water depending on tide. It fishes well year-round with peak summer sport for wrasse, mackerel and scad, and productive winter nights for pouting and whiting. Excellent for LRF down the wall. Best...
4.8 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
Concrete pier and ferry landing on the north side of Mount Batten, projecting into the Cattewater at the mouth of Plymouth Sound. Mixed ground with kelp-fringed rock edges, scoured sand patches and a deep, tide‑scoured channel. Best on the flood up to high water and the first of the ebb;...
4.8 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
Compact stone pier beneath Plymouth Hoe with quick access to deep, clear water in Plymouth Sound. Mixed ground with kelp, rock and patches of cleaner sand/shingle; minimal casting is often enough. Best two hours either side of high water, with evenings and after dark most productive. Summer brings shoals of...
5.1 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
Jennycliff is a rocky headland and shingle cove on the eastern side of Plymouth Sound. Beneath the cliffs are kelp-lined gullies and mixed rough-to-clean patches with relatively deep water close in on a making tide. It fishes best from mid-flood through dusk and after dark. Summer brings prolific wrasse and...
5.2 miles from Whitesand Bay Battery
Sheltered sandy bay inside Plymouth Sound with rocky points at either end. Clean sand in the middle with patches of broken ground, making it a versatile mark. Best on a flooding tide into dusk. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, with bass along the surf line; flatfish come...
