Fishing in Wiltown

17.1 miles from Wiltown

St Audries Bay is a mixed sand, shingle and broken-ground beach beneath high cliffs between Watchet and Kilve on the Somerset coast. It fishes best on the flood and the first of the ebb around medium to large tides, with fast currents typical of the Bristol Channel’s big tidal range....

17.2 miles from Wiltown

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...

17.2 miles from Wiltown

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....

17.3 miles from Wiltown

A broad limestone-and-shale wave-cut platform below the Quantock Hills, reached via the stone steps from the Kilve beach car park. Ground is rough with boulders, kelp and fossil beds broken by sand/shingle gullies. Bristol Channel tides race hard and rise fast: most anglers fish the last 2 hours of the...

17.4 miles from Wiltown

Expansive shale and limestone ledges with kelp-filled gullies on the Bristol Channel coast. Huge tidal range and strong lateral flow; fish the flood into high and the first of the ebb. Summer targets include smoothhound and rays; winter brings whiting and the odd codling. Night sessions are most productive. Mixed...

17.4 miles from Wiltown

Steep shingle cove beneath high cliffs on the Jurassic Coast. The centre of the beach is mostly clean, shelving quickly into useful depth, while both ends taper into rough ground and kelp-fringed rock ledges. Very good in clear, calm summer weather for pelagics; evenings and into darkness can be excellent....