Fishing in Ashtown

12.3 miles from Ashtown

A wide, gently shelving sand-and-shingle beach on Blue Anchor Bay (Carhampton parish) with an extreme Bristol Channel tide. Clean-to-mixed ground with gullies favors rays and flatfish; best results come on the flood into dusk/night. Spring–autumn produces small-eyed and thornback rays and summer bass; winter brings whiting with the odd codling....

12.6 miles from Ashtown

A broad, shallow Bristol Channel beach of sand, mud and shingle with a huge tidal range. Best results come on the flood, especially the last two hours up to high and into dusk/night. Expect strong tidal pull requiring 5–6 oz grip leads, and target the gullies and sand patches in...

12.8 miles from Ashtown

A wide shingle-and-sand stretch in Blue Anchor Bay with a huge tidal range. Best fished on the flood as channels and gullies fill; range casting helps. A noted Somerset venue for small‑eyed rays, with prolific dogfish and winter whiting, plus chances of bass and summer smoothhounds. Nights are productive. Strong...

13.6 miles from Ashtown

A broad, gently shelving sand and silt beach that fronts Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club on the eastern side of Minehead. It fishes best on the flood and over high water when tides push fish into the gutters and channels that form across the flats. Clean-to-mixed ground suits rays,...

13.6 miles from Ashtown

A broad, sandy bay on the Bristol Channel with an enormous tidal range. Best fished on the flood and first of the ebb, especially at dusk and into darkness. Clean-to-mixed ground with gutters and banks; crab, worm, squid and sandeel baits all excel. Summer brings smoothhounds and rays; winter sees...

13.8 miles from Ashtown

The outer harbour wall at Watchet is a tidal Bristol Channel breakwater giving access to clean sand/muddy ground with fierce currents on the flood and ebb. It fishes best from mid-flood through high water into the first of the ebb, especially after dusk. Summer brings smoothhounds and rays over the...