Pinhay

Fishing Marks near Pinhay

Last updated: 3 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Pinhay, Devon puts you close to top marks like Haven Cliff, Axe Cliff and Seaton 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.

23 Marks Found

Seatown Beach

(7.2/10)

6.3 miles from Pinhay

Seatown Beach is a steeply shelving shingle beach on the Jurassic Coast near Chideock. It offers relatively deep water close in, with mixed ground: clean sand patches along the middle sections and rougher, snaggy ground toward the ends beneath the cliffs. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially into...

Bass Whiting Plaice Dab Dover Sole

Hooken Cliffs

(6.5/10)

6.5 miles from Pinhay

Hooken Cliffs is a rugged undercliff and boulder field between Beer Head and Branscombe in East Devon. The mark offers kelp-filled gullies, broken ground and patches of deeper water close in, fishing best in settled to moderate seas from late spring through autumn. It’s primarily a rough-ground, lure-and-bait rock mark...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

Branscombe Beach

(7.3/10)

6.7 miles from Pinhay

Long, steep shingle on the Jurassic Coast with mixed clean-to-rough ground and quick depth off the middle sections. Easy access from the National Trust car park at Branscombe Mouth; rockier ground at both ends towards Beer Head and Sidmouth holds wrasse and pollack. Summer brings dense shoals of mackerel, scad...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice

Thorncombe Beacon

(6.8/10)

7.3 miles from Pinhay

A rocky headland between Eype and Seatown on the Jurassic Coast. Stepped ledges and kelp-filled gullies over mixed-to-rough ground drop into 5-15 m at range. Summer brings prolific wrasse and pollack, with mackerel, garfish and scad on calm evenings; after a blow, bass and the odd codling move in. Nights...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling

Eype Beach

(6.3/10)

8.0 miles from Pinhay

A steep shingle/pebble beach backed by high cliffs on the Jurassic Coast between West Bay and Seatown. Mixed ground with sand gullies just off the slope means it fishes year‑round: summer brings mackerel, garfish and bass in the surf; autumn–winter sees whiting, pouting and dogfish after dark. Occasional rays and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice

West Bay West Beach

(6.7/10)

8.8 miles from Pinhay

Shingle/pebble beach immediately west of West Bay harbour with mostly clean to mixed ground and sandy gullies. Easy access from the promenade and nearby car parks. In summer the surf line and mid-water produce mackerel, garfish and scad; bass show in lively surf and on a flooding tide. After dark,...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Flounder