Branscombe

Fishing Marks near Branscombe

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Discover sea fishing in Branscombe, Devon with fast access to Branscombe Beach, Hooken Cliffs and Beer Head. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Branscombe, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.

20 Marks Found

Jacobs Ladder Beach

(6.9/10)

5.2 miles from Branscombe

Jacob's Ladder Beach in Sidmouth, Devon is a mixed shingle and sand beach backed by striking red sandstone cliffs, with reefy, kelp-lined ground and extensive rockpools at lower tides. Anglers typically fish the western end around the ladder/Connaught Gardens rocks and the adjacent clean-to-mixed ground. Summer brings clear water and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Ladram Bay

(7.4/10)

6.6 miles from Branscombe

Ladram Bay is a red-sandstone rocky bay with sea stacks and ledges set between Budleigh Salterton and Sidmouth. The ground is mixed rough and kelpy with pockets of cleaner water toward the bay mouth, making it ideal for wrasse, pollack and LRF species, with mackerel/garfish in summer and scad after...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Otter Head

(6.5/10)

8.4 miles from Branscombe

Otter Head is a red-sandstone headland just east of the River Otter mouth at Budleigh Salterton. It’s a classic rough-ground rock mark with kelp-filled gullies, broken reef and occasional sand patches. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings wrasse and pollack close to...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel

Otter Ledge

(6.6/10)

8.4 miles from Branscombe

A kelp-covered rock ledge on the red sandstone coast between Budleigh Salterton and Ladram Bay, dropping quickly into mixed rough ground with sand patches. Best in calm to moderate summer conditions on a flooding tide, with depth and tide run bringing fish tight to the ledge. Access is via the...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Monmouth Beach

(7.2/10)

8.8 miles from Branscombe

Shingle-and-rock beach immediately west of the Cobb at Lyme Regis, with reefy ledges, kelp beds and gullies that fish well on a flooding tide, especially at dawn/dusk in summer and early autumn. Expect mixed rough-to-sand patches; short to medium casts are usually enough and snags are common—use pulley/rotten-bottom rigs. Lures...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Bull Huss

The Cobb

(7.3/10)

9.1 miles from Branscombe

Historic curving stone breakwater forming the harbour wall at Lyme Regis. Fishable on both the outer (rough/kelp and deeper water) and inner (cleaner, calmer) sides. Summer brings shoals and surface action; autumn nights see good sport under harbour lights. The lower walkway offers easier access, but the higher wall can...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel