Fishing Marks near Ranscombe

Last updated: 2 months ago

Sea fishing in Ranscombe, Devon puts you close to top marks like Shoalstone, Brixham Breakwater and Freshwater Quarry. 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.

44 Marks Found

Shoalstone

(7.2/10)

0.6 miles from Ranscombe

Rocky ledges and platforms beside Shoalstone sea water pool at Brixham, offering quick access to deep, clear water over kelp and broken ground. Best on the flood through high, especially at dawn/dusk in summer for lure and float fishing. Nights bring scad, pouting and the chance of conger; bass show...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Brixham Breakwater

(7.4/10)

0.6 miles from Ranscombe

A long, stone-cored breakwater with a concrete promenade protecting Brixham Harbour on the south side of Tor Bay. It offers deep water close in on the outer face and mixed-to-clean ground towards the end, with the inner side sheltering clearer, calmer water by Breakwater Beach. It is a year-round venue...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Freshwater Quarry

(6.8/10)

0.6 miles from Ranscombe

Steep limestone ledges from an old coastal quarry on the east side of Brixham (between Shoalstone and Berry Head). Deep water is close in with kelp-filled gullies, rock walls and scours meeting cleaner ground further out. Productive on a flooding tide and around dusk into night. Summer brings mackerel, scad...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

St Mary's Bay

(6.4/10)

0.6 miles from Ranscombe

A steep shingle/sand cove just south of Brixham, backed by high cliffs. The centre offers clean to lightly mixed ground, while both ends are rocky and kelpy (towards Sharkham Point and the Berry Head side), giving a good mix of surf and rough-ground fishing. Summer brings prolific mackerel, scad and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice

Fishcombe Cove

(7.5/10)

0.8 miles from Ranscombe

Sheltered pebble cove on the north side of Brixham with kelp-fringed rock ledges and quick access to relatively deep, clear water. A prime light-rock-fishing spot: wrasse, gobies and blennies are abundant, with summer mackerel, scad and garfish passing through and pollack along the weed lines. Best on a flooding tide...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Sharkham Point

(6.8/10)

0.9 miles from Ranscombe

Sharkham Point is a rugged, kelpy headland of broken rock ledges on the south side of Brixham with relatively deep water close in. It fishes best on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk and into darkness, producing summer lure sport for pelagics and consistent bottom fishing around the kelp and rough...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel