Fishing in Bampton (Mid Devon)

13.8 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

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....

14.0 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

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...

14.4 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

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...

15.1 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

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...

15.1 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

A snaggy, rock-and-shingle bay immediately east of Watchet with wave-cut platforms, kelp-filled gullies and broken ground. Best fished on the flood up to high and the first of the ebb; very strong Bristol Channel tides demand wired leads and robust tackle. After dark in autumn–winter it throws up plenty of...

15.2 miles from Bampton (Mid Devon)

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,...