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Sea fishing in Brixham, Devon puts you close to top marks like Broadsands, Elberry Cove and Saltern Cove. These spots regularly produce on moving tides. Use the list below to compare distance, access and recommended rigs, then time your session to the tide and wind.
2.5 miles from Brixham
Rocky headland between Paignton Harbour and Goodrington Sands in Torbay. Ledges and platforms give access to mixed rough/kelp ground with relatively quick depth, fishing best on a flooding tide and around dusk. Summer brings shoals tight to the headland; nights produce mini-species and conger. Float or light lure tactics excel...
2.6 miles from Brixham
Steep limestone ledges from an old coastal quarry on the east side of Brixham (between Shoalstone and Berry Head). Deep water is close in with kelp-filled gullies, rock walls and scours meeting cleaner ground further out. Productive on a flooding tide and around dusk into night. Summer brings mackerel, scad...
2.8 miles from Brixham
A small, sheltered, south-facing cove immediately south of Paignton Harbour under Roundham Head. Clean sand with rocky margins and kelp beds at either end provides mixed-ground fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings surface-feeding shoals and wrasse from the rocks, while winter nights can produce whiting and...
3.0 miles from Brixham
A long, stone-cored breakwater with a concrete promenade protecting Brixham Harbour on the south side of Tor Bay. It offers deep water close in on the outer face and mixed-to-clean ground towards the end, with the inner side sheltering clearer, calmer water by Breakwater Beach. It is a year-round venue...
3.0 miles from Brixham
Secluded National Trust shingle beach with rocky headlands at both ends between Brixham and Kingswear. Mixed rough-to-sandy ground offers wrasse and pollack off the rocks, with bass, mackerel and garfish working the shingle line in season. Best results on a flooding tide around dawn or dusk; nights can produce pouting,...
3.1 miles from Brixham
A long, gently shelving sandy beach in Torbay running between Paignton Harbour and Preston Sands, with Paignton Pier mid-beach. Clean sand with gullies and occasional patches of broken ground near the harbour end. Productive on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark: summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish around...
