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Sea fishing in Exminster, Devon puts you close to top marks like Exmouth Beach, Dawlish Warren and Maer Rocks. 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.
7.4 miles from Exminster
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...
7.5 miles from Exminster
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...
8.1 miles from Exminster
The Parson and Clerk is a tidal rock mark beneath the red sandstone cliffs between Dawlish and Teignmouth (near Holcombe). You fish onto rough, kelpy ground with patches of clean sand in the gullies. It’s a classic summer venue for wrasse, pollack and mackerel/garfish, with pouting and conger after dark;...
8.2 miles from Exminster
Steep shingle-and-sand beach beneath the sea wall and cliffs between Teignmouth and Dawlish at Holcombe. Mixed-to-clean ground in the middle with rougher patches and boulders toward the ends. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in; bass patrol the surf...
8.4 miles from Exminster
A long, steep shingle beach at the mouth of the River Otter with deep water close in. Clean-to-mixed ground along the central/western stretches and rougher, rocky patches toward Otter Head to the east. Productive on a flooding tide into dusk/dawn: summer brings mackerel, bass and garfish/scad; winter sees whiting and...
8.7 miles from Exminster
Sprey Point is a rugged rocky promontory set beneath the red cliffs between Teignmouth and Dawlish. It offers relatively deep, kelpy water close in with patches of sand and strong tide run along the point. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially at dusk into dark through summer and...
