Wadstray, Lower

Fishing Marks near Wadstray, Lower

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Planning a session in Wadstray, Lower, Devon? Start with Blackpool Sands, Strete Gate and Sugary Cove. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.

42 Marks Found

Roundham Head

(7.5/10)

7.0 miles from Wadstray, Lower

Rocky headland between Paignton Harbour and Goodrington Sands in Torbay. Ledges and platforms give access to mixed rough/kelp ground with relatively quick depth, fishing best on a flooding tide and around dusk. Summer brings shoals tight to the headland; nights produce mini-species and conger. Float or light lure tactics excel...

Bass Pollack Pouting Mackerel Scad (Horse Mackerel)

Start Bay

(7.4/10)

7.0 miles from Wadstray, Lower

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

Freshwater Quarry

(6.8/10)

7.0 miles from Wadstray, Lower

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)

7.0 miles from Wadstray, Lower

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

Fairy Cove

(6.8/10)

7.1 miles from Wadstray, Lower

A small, sheltered, south-facing cove immediately south of Paignton Harbour under Roundham Head. Clean sand with rocky margins and kelp beds at either end provides mixed-ground fishing. Best on a flooding tide into dusk; summer brings surface-feeding shoals and wrasse from the rocks, while winter nights can produce whiting and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Lesser Spotted Dogfish Mackerel

Sharkham Point

(6.8/10)

7.2 miles from Wadstray, Lower

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