Harris Barton

Fishing Marks near Harris Barton

Last updated: 2 weeks ago

Sea fishing in Harris Barton, Gloucestershire puts you close to top marks like Littleton Pill, Oldbury-on-Severn and Old Passage. 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.

37 Marks Found

Aust Cliff

(6.1/10)

8.1 miles from Harris Barton

A powerful upper Bristol Channel rock-and-mud foreshore beneath the red Aust Cliff by the M48 Severn Bridge. Huge tides and fast flow carve deep gutters; most action comes on the first push of the flood and around dusk. Expect summer/autumn bass and mullet, with flounder, eels and winter whiting/cod. Heavy...

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Poor Cod

Aust

(5.9/10)

8.1 miles from Harris Barton

A classic upper Bristol Channel estuary mark beneath Aust Cliff by the old Severn Bridge. Expect huge tidal range, fierce run and deep, muddy gutters with scattered rock. Most sessions are short and focused around the flood, high water and first of the ebb; distance casting is rarely essential. Heavy...

Bass Cod Whiting Flounder Thornback Ray

Horseshoe Bend

(6/10)

8.1 miles from Harris Barton

A tidal estuary bend on the River Avon in the Avon Gorge between Sea Mills and Shirehampton. Deep, fast water runs close to the bank with mixed rocky margins and soft mud. Best fished the last 2 hours of flood into the top of the tide (neap to mid-range). Winter...

Bass Three-bearded Rockling Flounder European Smelt Common Goby

Severn Beach

(6.1/10)

8.1 miles from Harris Barton

A tidal estuary mark along the Severn Estuary promenade and rock armour at Severn Beach. Huge tidal range, fierce currents, and soft mud flats dictate short fishing windows—best fished the flood and around high water. Mix of rough ground and silt; strong breakout leads are essential. Easy access and parking...

Bass Cod Whiting Flounder Dover Sole

Cumberland Basin

(6/10)

8.2 miles from Harris Barton

Cumberland Basin is the tidal entrance to Bristol’s Floating Harbour: deep, swirling water around lock gates, piers and vertical quay walls with strong currents on the flood and first of the ebb. It’s an urban mark with plenty of structure, lights at night and brackish water that draws mullet and...

Bass Flounder Sprat European Smelt Common Goby

New Passage

(5.7/10)

8.2 miles from Harris Barton

New Passage sits on the upper Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary shoreline in South Gloucestershire. You fish from the sea wall and rock armour onto a very rough, muddy/stone foreshore with fierce tidal flow and a huge range. Expect strong currents, fast-flooding water and soft mud beyond the rocks—stay on firm ground....

Bass Cod Whiting Flounder Thornback Ray