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Sea fishing in Cranbrook (East Devon), Devon puts you close to top marks like Ladram Bay, Jacobs Ladder Beach and Exmouth Beach. 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.
8.7 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
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...
8.7 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
Steep shingle beach backed by a promenade on the Jurassic Coast. The western end (by Jacob’s Ladder/Chit Rocks) has rough, kelpy ground and shallow rock ledges; the central and eastern stretches are cleaner mixed ground with the River Sid entering at the far east. Summer sees mackerel, garfish and bass...
8.7 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
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...
8.7 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
A prominent red-sandstone headland between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton with kelp-covered rock ledges and fast tide runs. Deep water is close in, offering productive summer lure and float fishing for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, with conger, pouting and huss after dark. Access is limited and potentially hazardous: it lies...
8.9 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
Sheltered sandy cove east of Exmouth between Orcombe Point and Straight Point, with clean sand in the bay and rocky fringes at either end. Suits surf fishing for bass and summer shoals, with wrasse and pollack from the rockier ends. Best on a flooding tide, especially dawn/dusk or after a...
8.9 miles from Cranbrook (East Devon)
Rocky headland at the eastern end of Exmouth beach (by the Geoneedle). Mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and sand patches gives varied fishing, especially through late spring to autumn. Productive for lure and float fishing on flooding and high tides, with night sessions picking out scavengers. Access via the...
