Wilsham

Fishing Marks near Wilsham

Last updated: 2 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Wilsham, Devon puts you close to top marks like Foreland Point, Lynmouth Beach and Valley of Rocks. 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.

10 Marks Found

Porlock Weir

(6.7/10)

6.6 miles from Wilsham

Porlock Weir is a small harbour on the edge of Exmoor with mixed rough ground, boulders and kelp fringes alongside shingle. The Bristol Channel’s huge tidal range means water races past the harbour mouth, with the last third of the flood and first of the ebb often most productive. It’s...

Bass Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling Small-eyed Ray

Porlock Bay

(6.8/10)

7.8 miles from Wilsham

Wide, exposed shingle and sand beach between Bossington and Porlock Weir on the edge of Exmoor. Clean to mixed ground with gutters and sandbars that shift after storms. Immense Bristol Channel tides mean long flooding and ebbing currents; most fishing is done over the last of the flood into and...

Bass Pouting Whiting Thornback Ray Small-eyed Ray

Bossington Beach

(6.1/10)

8.6 miles from Wilsham

A long, steep shingle beach on Porlock Bay between Porlock Weir and Hurlstone Point. Ground is mixed: cleaner shingle mid-bay with increasingly rough, snaggy patches and boulders toward Hurlstone. Powerful Bristol Channel tides mean strong lateral runs and fast-flooding water; neap to mid-range tides and low light often fish best....

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Thornback Ray

Hurlstone Point

(6.3/10)

8.8 miles from Wilsham

Exposed rocky headland with deep, fast-running water close in. Kelp-fringed gullies and ledges hold wrasse, pollack and pouting by day; after dark larger predators like conger and bull huss roam. Best on a flooding or early ebb tide, especially at dawn/dusk or at night for eels/huss. Summer brings mackerel and...

Bass Pollack Pouting Three-bearded Rockling Lesser Spotted Dogfish