Duckpool is a rugged National Trust cove north of Bude with steep cliffs, a boulder/pebble beach and prominent rocky headlands. The ground is mixed and snaggy with kelp-filled gullies and ledges that drop into deeper water on the flood, making it a classic rough-ground rock mark. Summer brings wrasse and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Sandymouth Beach

(6.1/10)

5.7 miles from Alfardisworthy

A broad, exposed surf beach north of Bude with long sandbars, shingle at the top, and rocky ledges at either end. Gutters and channels open up on the ebb and early flood, and a stream runs across the beach creating food-rich seams. It’s a productive summer–autumn surf mark for bass...

Bass Pollack Whiting Small-eyed Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Stanbury Mouth

(5.9/10)

5.8 miles from Alfardisworthy

Remote, rugged cove on the north Cornwall coast between Sandymouth and Duckpool near Morwenstow. Access is via the South West Coast Path and a steep, sometimes slippery descent to a boulder-and-sand pocket beach flanked by kelp-grown rock ledges. The ground is mixed rough with gullies, ledges and patches of sand...

Bass Pollack Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss Mackerel

Northcott Mouth

(6.5/10)

5.9 miles from Alfardisworthy

Northcott Mouth is a west-facing, surf-exposed beach just north of Bude with rocky reefs and kelp-lined gullies at both ends. It offers classic bass conditions in onshore swell and white water, plus summer sport for wrasse and pollack around the rocks in clearer, calmer seas. The sandy troughs between reef...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Small-eyed Ray

Crooklets Beach

(7.1/10)

6.2 miles from Alfardisworthy

Exposed north-coast surf beach in Bude with extensive rocky reefs at either end. Bass are the prime target in the surf; summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad, while the reefs hold wrasse, pollack and pouting. Flatfish show on the sandy troughs in calmer spells, and night sessions can produce dogfish,...

Bass Pollack Whiting Flounder Dab

Marsland Mouth

(6.6/10)

6.3 miles from Alfardisworthy

Remote, rugged cove on the Cornwall–Devon border where the Marsland stream meets the sea. The mark is mainly rough ground with boulder/pebble foreshore and kelp-fringed rock ledges either side of the mouth. Good tidal flow, clear Atlantic water, and plenty of kelp gullies suit lure and float fishing for wrasse,...

Bass Pollack Bull Huss Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)