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Planning a session in Wiggaton, Devon? Start with Sidmouth Beach, Jacobs Ladder Beach and Chit Rocks. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
8.6 miles from Wiggaton
A prominent chalk headland just west of Beer village on the Jurassic Coast. Stepped rock ledges give quick access to deep, kelpy water with a strong tidal run. It fishes best on a flooding tide, especially at dawn/dusk through summer for pelagics and into dark for predators. Ground is very...
8.7 miles from Wiggaton
Seaton Hole is the rocky, shingle-backed western end of Seaton beach beneath high cliffs, facing Lyme Bay. It offers mixed-to-rough ground with kelp beds, boulders, and gullies close in, dropping into deeper water on a flooding tide. It’s a classic light–to–medium tackle venue: float fishing and LRF around the rocks...
9.2 miles from Wiggaton
A prominent red-sandstone headland between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton with kelp-covered rock ledges and fast tide runs. Deep water is close in, offering productive summer lure and float fishing for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, with conger, pouting and huss after dark. Access is limited and potentially hazardous: it lies...
9.4 miles from Wiggaton
A long, steeply shelving shingle beach on Lyme Bay with easy promenade access and parking. Clean-to-mixed ground with sand patches offers flatfish and rays at range, while the western end near the Axe estuary and the surf line produce bass, especially on a flooding tide and in a light surf....
9.6 miles from Wiggaton
Sheltered sandy cove east of Exmouth between Orcombe Point and Straight Point, with clean sand in the bay and rocky fringes at either end. Suits surf fishing for bass and summer shoals, with wrasse and pollack from the rockier ends. Best on a flooding tide, especially dawn/dusk or after a...
9.9 miles from Wiggaton
Axe Cliff is a rough-ground rock mark beneath the cliffs east of Axmouth/Seaton. It’s a series of kelp-filled gullies, boulder tongues and small ledges with mixed sand patches just off. Water clarity is strongly influenced by the River Axe; fishing is best after a settled spell with a gentle swell,...