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Sea fishing in Mount Gold, Devon puts you close to top marks like Elphinstone Pier, Mount Batten Pier and Tinside. 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.
5.0 miles from Mount Gold
Sheltered sand-and-shingle beach in Cawsand Bay on the Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. Rocky margins at either end give mixed-ground options; clear, calm water in settled weather. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, with bass at dusk or after dark; winter sees whiting, pouting and the odd flatfish. Best fished...
5.2 miles from Mount Gold
Rugged rock ledges on the Rame headland at the mouth of Plymouth Sound, with deep water tight to the shore and a strong tidal run. Summer brings prolific wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish; dark winter sessions produce pout and whiting with a chance of conger. Access is via paths from...
6.1 miles from Mount Gold
A broad south-west facing surf beach in Whitsand Bay beneath high cliffs, mostly clean sand with occasional broken ground near the ends. Best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark, especially as a swell drops following a blow. Bass work the white water tight in; rays and flats...
6.5 miles from Mount Gold
Freathy Beach sits on the central stretch of Whitsand Bay, a long, clean-sand surf beach backed by steep cliffs and chalet-lined paths. It’s a classic surf mark for bass and a reliable venue for small-eyed rays on settled nights, with a supporting cast of flatfish, dogfish and winter whiting. Fish...
6.5 miles from Mount Gold
Exposed rocky headland on the Rame Peninsula with deep water close in and strong tidal run. Best on a flooding tide, especially at dawn, dusk and into night. Excellent for summer lure and float fishing (pollack, mackerel, garfish, scad, wrasse) with winter producing pouting and conger. Access is via steep...
6.7 miles from Mount Gold
Part of Whitsand Bay on the Rame Peninsula, Sharrow Beach is a long, exposed sand beach with patches of reef and gullies around Sharrow Point. It fishes best on a flooding tide through dusk into night, especially with a mild onshore wind that forms surf gutters for bass. Clean sand...
