Fishing in Mortehoe

0.3 miles from Mortehoe

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...

0.6 miles from Mortehoe

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...

0.7 miles from Mortehoe

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...

0.9 miles from Mortehoe

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...

1.1 miles from Mortehoe

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....

1.6 miles from Mortehoe

A long, exposed Atlantic surf beach backed by dunes, best fished around the tidal gutters and rips that form between shifting sandbars. Productive at dusk, dawn, and after dark once bathers/surfers clear. Summer brings bass, small-eyed rays and dogfish; winter sees whiting and dabs on calmer days. Use the flood...