Fishing in Barton, Halsdon

10.9 miles from Barton, Halsdon

A wide sandy surf beach in Bude with easy access, backed by dunes and a large car park. The Bude Canal/river mouth and harbour entrance at the northern end create channels and gutters that draw fish on a flooding tide. Bass in the surf, flatfish over the clean sand, and...

11.0 miles from Barton, Halsdon

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,...

11.1 miles from Barton, Halsdon

Stone-built breakwater guarding Bude harbour and Summerleaze Beach. Mixed rough ground and kelp along the outer wall with patches of clean sand toward the beach; deeper water and a tide run at the tip into the harbour channel. Best fished on a flooding tide and in a light swell with...

11.2 miles from Barton, Halsdon

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...

11.2 miles from Barton, Halsdon

Bucks Mills is a small, rugged rocky cove on the North Devon coast with boulder/cobble ground and low-tide rock platforms intersected by kelpy gullies and small sand patches. It fishes best on the flooding tide into dusk and the first of the ebb, when fish move tight to the ledges...

11.4 miles from Barton, Halsdon

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...