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Planning a session in Croyde Bay, Devon? Start with Croyde Bay, Downend Point and Putsborough Sands. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
3.0 miles from Croyde Bay
A small shell-and-sand cove just north of Woolacombe with rocky ledges on both flanks and clean sand in the middle. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings baitfish and predators tight to the points, while the rock edges hold wrasse. Space is limited at high water and Atlantic...
3.4 miles from Croyde Bay
A small, secluded rocky cove between Mortehoe and Morte Point on the North Devon coast. Grunta Beach offers rough-ground fishing from rock ledges and boulder platforms with kelp-filled gullies and occasional sand patches within casting range. Best in calm to moderate swell, it produces reliable summer wrasse and pollack on...
3.7 miles from Croyde Bay
Morte Point is a rugged rocky headland near Mortehoe with steep slate ledges, deep gullies and a powerful tide race around the Morte Stone. It offers deep water within casting range and prolific rough-ground habitat for wrasse and pollack, with summer pelagics moving through the rips. It is exposed to...
4.2 miles from Croyde Bay
A sheltered rocky cove between Morte Point and Bull Point near Mortehoe. Kelp-lined ledges, boulder ground and sand patches provide classic North Devon rough-ground fishing. Best on a flooding tide through mid to high, with a light westerly or calm seas. Float-fished worm or crab and soft-plastic lures work around...
4.8 miles from Croyde Bay
Bull Point is a steep, rugged headland near Mortehoe with rock ledges and kelp-filled gullies dropping into deep, fast-moving Bristol Channel water. It fishes best on a flooding tide and at dusk or after dark, with summer bringing mackerel, garfish and scad, and year-round potential for pollack, wrasse and pouting....
5.1 miles from Croyde Bay
Crow Point is a shifting sand spit at the mouth of the Taw–Torridge estuary near Braunton. It offers broad sandy flats cut by deep, fast-flowing channels and gullies that move with the tides. Expect strong currents on the flood and ebb, with productive seams along the channel edges. Best fishing...
