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Sea fishing in Higher Stadbury, Devon puts you close to top marks like Ayrmer Cove, Bantham Beach and Challaborough. 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.
9.3 miles from Higher Stadbury
Steep shingle beach below the old Hallsands ruins on the east side of Start Point. Rough, kelpy ground with rock fingers and occasional clean patches; deep water close in. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark in calm to moderate seas. Very snaggy—use strong gear, short casts...
9.7 miles from Higher Stadbury
A long, exposed shingle beach stretching between Start Point and the Dartmouth side of the bay (Slapton Sands/Torcross). Clean sand/shingle over a quick-shelving foreshore gives fast access to depth. Bass show after onshore blows; summer brings mackerel, scad and gurnards; nights produce dogfish, rays and the odd smoothhound; winter sees...
9.9 miles from Higher Stadbury
A secluded east-facing sand-and-shingle cove beneath Start Point with kelp-fringed rocks at both ends and clean sand tongues in the middle. The mixed ground gives reliable wrasse and pollack from the rocky flanks, with mackerel, scad and garfish passing in summer; bass show when there’s some surf or colour, and...
