Last updated: 3 weeks ago
Sea fishing in Fortescue, Devon puts you close to top marks like Salcombe Mouth, Sidmouth Beach and Chit 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.
6.2 miles from Fortescue
Seaton Hole is the rocky, shingle-backed western end of Seaton beach beneath high cliffs, facing Lyme Bay. It offers mixed-to-rough ground with kelp beds, boulders, and gullies close in, dropping into deeper water on a flooding tide. It’s a classic light–to–medium tackle venue: float fishing and LRF around the rocks...
6.2 miles from Fortescue
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...
7.0 miles from Fortescue
A long, steeply shelving shingle beach on Lyme Bay with easy promenade access and parking. Clean-to-mixed ground with sand patches offers flatfish and rays at range, while the western end near the Axe estuary and the surf line produce bass, especially on a flooding tide and in a light surf....
7.5 miles from Fortescue
Axe Cliff is a rough-ground rock mark beneath the cliffs east of Axmouth/Seaton. It’s a series of kelp-filled gullies, boulder tongues and small ledges with mixed sand patches just off. Water clarity is strongly influenced by the River Axe; fishing is best after a settled spell with a gentle swell,...
7.9 miles from Fortescue
A rough, rocky undercliff mark beneath Haven Cliff at the east end of Seaton (Jurassic Coast). Expect kelp beds, boulder fields and shingle pockets with relatively quick depth close in on the flood. Best in settled seas with a light onshore push; dawn/dusk and after dark are prime. Use strong...
8.1 miles from Fortescue
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...
