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Quick links: Tinside · Elphinstone Pier · Firestone Bay · Black Rock, Widemouth · Mount Batten Pier · Mount Batten Breakwater

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267 Marks Found

Tinside

(7.3/10)

20.9 miles from Watergate

Rocky ledges and platforms below Plymouth Hoe beside the Art Deco Tinside Lido, giving quick access to relatively deep, mixed-to-clean ground in Plymouth Sound. Best in summer and autumn—wrasse and pollack by day tight to kelp, scad, mackerel and garfish at dusk into night, with pouting and the odd conger...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

Elphinstone Pier

(7.3/10)

20.9 miles from Watergate

Compact stone pier beneath Plymouth Hoe with quick access to deep, clear water in Plymouth Sound. Mixed ground with kelp, rock and patches of cleaner sand/shingle; minimal casting is often enough. Best two hours either side of high water, with evenings and after dark most productive. Summer brings shoals of...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

Firestone Bay

(7.4/10)

21.1 miles from Watergate

Firestone Bay sits beside Devil’s Point and Royal William Yard in Plymouth Sound. It’s a rocky shoreline with patches of clean sand and kelp-covered reef, offering deep water close in and strong tidal flow, especially on the ebb. The mark is productive year-round: summer and early autumn bring baitfish (mackerel,...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

Black Rock, Widemouth

(7/10)

21.1 miles from Watergate

A tide-washed reef and ledge system around the Black Rock outcrop at the south end of Widemouth Bay. Rough, kelpy ground interspersed with sandy gullies offers classic rock-fishing: wrasse and pollack tight to the weed, with summer pelagics moving through and nocturnal species after dark. Best on a flooding tide...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Small-eyed Ray

Mount Batten Pier

(7.4/10)

21.1 miles from Watergate

Concrete pier and ferry landing on the north side of Mount Batten, projecting into the Cattewater at the mouth of Plymouth Sound. Mixed ground with kelp-fringed rock edges, scoured sand patches and a deep, tide‑scoured channel. Best on the flood up to high water and the first of the ebb;...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Mackerel

Mount Batten Breakwater

(7.7/10)

21.1 miles from Watergate

A stone breakwater projecting from Mount Batten into the Cattewater, offering mixed rough/clean ground with 4–12 m of water depending on tide. It fishes well year-round with peak summer sport for wrasse, mackerel and scad, and productive winter nights for pouting and whiting. Excellent for LRF down the wall. Best...

Bass Pollack Pouting Whiting Plaice