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Planning a session in St John, Cornwall? Start with Freathy Beach, Sharrow Beach and Tregonhawke Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
5.6 miles from St John
Sheltered sandy bay inside Plymouth Sound with rocky points at either end. Clean sand in the middle with patches of broken ground, making it a versatile mark. Best on a flooding tide into dusk. Summer brings mackerel, garfish and scad close in, with bass along the surf line; flatfish come...
6.3 miles from St John
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...
6.4 miles from St John
A long shingle-and-sand beach on Cornwall’s south coast with a river outflow, gentle to moderate surf and clean ground, offering easy access and year-round prospects. The Seaton River creates gutters and rips that draw bait and predators, making this a reliable mark for bass and flatfish, with summer shoals of...
6.6 miles from St John
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...
7.5 miles from St John
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...
8.7 miles from St John
A south-facing sandy cove just east of Looe with rocky headlands at either end. Millendreath offers mixed ground: clean sand in the middle for flatfish, dogfish and rays, and kelp-covered rock ledges and gullies for wrasse, pollack and bass. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk, with clear-water...
