Prospect, North

5.3 miles from Prospect, North

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...

5.4 miles from Prospect, North

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...

5.5 miles from Prospect, North

Rocky ledges and gullies below the village and the Eddystone Inn, facing south into open Channel. Kelp-covered rough ground with pockets of sand and quickly shelving water on the flood. Best in settled or moderate seas on a flooding tide around dawn or dusk. Lure fishing for bass and pollack...

5.8 miles from Prospect, North

A prominent rocky headland on the west side of Wembury Bay overlooking the Mewstone. The mark offers mixed to rough ground with kelp, gullies and ledges, producing depth close in and strong tidal run on bigger tides. Best in settled or light onshore conditions for wrasse and pollack, and at...

5.9 miles from Prospect, North

A long, exposed surf beach stretching between Rame Head and Portwrinkle, with clean sand, shifting bars and gutters, and occasional rocky fringes. Whitsand Bay excels for surf bass, rays and winter whiting. Best results come on a flooding tide at dawn or dusk, especially as a southwesterly swell eases and...

6.2 miles from Prospect, North

Wembury Beach is a south-facing, mixed-ground shoreline of sand patches interlaced with rocky reefs and kelp gullies opposite the Mewstone. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk through summer and early autumn, when pelagics and wrasse work the reef edges. Lure fishing (metals, soft plastics) along the gullies...