Lower Gabwell

Fishing Marks near Lower Gabwell

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Lower Gabwell, Devon puts you close to top marks like Maidencombe Beach, Ness Beach and Watcombe 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.

47 Marks Found

Dawlish Beach

(6.7/10)

5.0 miles from Lower Gabwell

A long, sandy town beach backed by the sea wall and railway, offering easy year-round access and mostly clean ground. Best results come at dawn/dusk and into darkness, especially on a flooding tide with light surf for bass. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close to the wall; autumn–winter sees...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Preston Sands

(6.8/10)

5.4 miles from Lower Gabwell

A wide, gently shelving sandy beach on the north side of Paignton with easy promenade access and parking along Marine Drive. Preston Sands fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk, with clean sand across the middle and low rocky ground at both ends (toward Hollicombe Head and toward Paignton)...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice

Paignton Sands

(6.8/10)

5.9 miles from Lower Gabwell

A long, gently shelving sandy beach in Torbay running between Paignton Harbour and Preston Sands, with Paignton Pier mid-beach. Clean sand with gullies and occasional patches of broken ground near the harbour end. Productive on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark: summer brings mackerel, scad and garfish around...

Bass Whiting Plaice Flounder Dover Sole

Fairy Cove

(6.8/10)

6.2 miles from Lower Gabwell

A small, sheltered, south-facing cove immediately south of Paignton Harbour under Roundham Head. Clean sand with rocky margins and kelp beds at either end provides mixed-ground fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings surface-feeding shoals and wrasse from the rocks, while winter nights can produce whiting and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Roundham Head

(7.5/10)

6.4 miles from Lower Gabwell

Rocky headland between Paignton Harbour and Goodrington Sands in Torbay. Ledges and platforms give access to mixed rough/kelp ground with relatively quick depth, fishing best on a flooding tide and around dusk. Summer brings shoals tight to the headland; nights produce mini-species and conger. Float or light lure tactics excel...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Goodrington Sands

(6.9/10)

6.8 miles from Lower Gabwell

A broad, sheltered sandy bay in Torbay with clean sand and easy access, flanked by rocky points at Roundham Head (north) and toward Oyster/Saltern Cove (south). The sandy middle fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark for dogfish, whiting and flatfish, while the rocky ends produce...

Bass Pollack Whiting Thornback Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish