Sorley

Fishing Marks near Sorley

Last updated: 2 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Sorley, Devon puts you close to top marks like Ayrmer Cove, South Milton Sands and Thurlestone Sands. 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.

29 Marks Found

Start Bay

(7.4/10)

7.5 miles from Sorley

A long, exposed shingle beach stretching between Start Point and the Dartmouth side of the bay (Slapton Sands/Torcross). Clean sand/shingle over a quick-shelving foreshore gives fast access to depth. Bass show after onshore blows; summer brings mackerel, scad and gurnards; nights produce dogfish, rays and the odd smoothhound; winter sees...

Bass Pouting Whiting Plaice Dover Sole

Prawle Point

(7/10)

7.8 miles from Sorley

A very exposed rocky headland and the most southerly point of Devon. Stepped ledges and deep gullies drop quickly into fast‑moving water, with kelp beds and a powerful tidal race off the point. Summer and early autumn bring prolific lure and float fishing; winter can see scratch fishing for smaller...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Bull Huss

Blackpool Sands

(7.4/10)

7.9 miles from Sorley

A steeply shelving shingle cove in Start Bay with quick access to depth and rocky headlands at both ends. In calm, clear conditions it fishes well with floats and light lures for wrasse, pollack, garfish and mackerel; after a blow, coloured water can draw bass tight to the surf line....

Bass Pollack Whiting Thornback Ray Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Mattiscombe Sands

(7/10)

8.2 miles from Sorley

A secluded east-facing sand-and-shingle cove beneath Start Point with kelp-fringed rocks at both ends and clean sand tongues in the middle. The mixed ground gives reliable wrasse and pollack from the rocky flanks, with mackerel, scad and garfish passing in summer; bass show when there’s some surf or colour, and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Thornback Ray

Start Point

(6.9/10)

8.7 miles from Sorley

An exposed rocky headland beneath Start Point Lighthouse on the South Devon coast. Deep water is close in with strong tidal run along the headland, making it a classic lure and bottom-fishing mark. Best in calmer seas with a light to moderate swell and a flooding tide, especially at dawn...

Bass Pollack Pouting Bull Huss Mackerel