Avonmouth

Fishing Marks near Avonmouth

Last updated: 2 weeks ago

Discover sea fishing in Avonmouth, Bristol with fast access to Shirehampton Railway Bridge, Avonmouth Bridge and Lamplighters Marsh. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Avonmouth, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.

42 Marks Found

Battery Point

(6.6/10)

3.7 miles from Avonmouth

A well-known rocky headland at Portishead with very fast tides from the Severn Estuary. Deep water is close in on bigger tides, with rough, snaggy ground and strong cross-tide run. Best fished on neap tides or the slacker parts of the flood/ebb. Dusk and after dark are productive. Use strong...

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Three-bearded Rockling

Woodhill Bay

(5.8/10)

3.8 miles from Avonmouth

A small, stony cove just east of Battery Point at Portishead, with rough ground, kelp, and fast Bristol Channel tides. Best fished over neaps or around slack water to reduce drag and snags. Depth builds quickly, giving access to conger, huss, rock species and seasonal visitors. Expect heavy ground and...

Bass Cod Whiting Flounder Thornback Ray

New Passage

(5.7/10)

4.7 miles from Avonmouth

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

Black Nore Point

(6.5/10)

5.0 miles from Avonmouth

A rocky point below Black Nore Lighthouse at Portishead on the inner Bristol Channel. Fast tides, huge tidal range and turbid water define the mark. The foreshore is rough ground with boulders, kelp and gullies interspersed with small sand/gravel patches. Best results come over the flood into high water and...

Bass Cod Pouting Whiting Flounder

Cumberland Basin

(6/10)

5.2 miles from Avonmouth

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

Nova Scotia Steps

(5.8/10)

5.2 miles from Avonmouth

Stone steps beside the Nova Scotia pub at Hotwells give access to the tidal River Avon/New Cut. An urban estuary mark that fishes best on the last two hours of the flood into the first hour of the ebb; expect strong currents, fast water level changes and mud at low...

Bass Flounder European Smelt Common Goby Sand Goby