Fishing in Birnbeck Island

0.3 miles from Birnbeck Island

Birnbeck Point is a rocky headland beside the derelict Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare. It offers fast, deep, tide-swept water typical of the Bristol Channel with mixed rough ground, kelp, and patches of cleaner sand. Best fished on neap tides and around the flood and first of the ebb; spring tides...

0.6 miles from Birnbeck Island

Worlebury Rocks is a rocky shoreline mark on the northern side of the Weston-super-Mare/Worlebury headland in the Bristol Channel. The mark features rock ledges, kelp beds and nearby deeper gullies with a very large tidal range and strong currents. Best fished on an incoming or slack tide; access is via...

0.7 miles from Birnbeck Island

Knightstone is the rocky island and Marine Lake outer wall at the north end of Weston-super-Mare. You fish into a fast, deepening tidal channel for the area, over mixed rock, kelp and sand patches. The Bristol Channel’s huge tides dominate the mark—most sessions are focused on the last two hours...

1.0 miles from Birnbeck Island

Wide, gently shelving sand/mud on the north end of Weston Bay, fished from the promenade/sea wall between Knightstone/Marine Lake and towards Birnbeck. Enormous Bristol Channel tides mean the sea races in and retreats fast; the mudflats are dangerous—fish from firm ground only. Best results are 2 hours either side of...

1.2 miles from Birnbeck Island

Anchor Head is the rocky headland and sea-wall area by Knightstone/Weston-super-Mare, giving mixed shore fishing from rough ground ledges and man‑made structure with strong Bristol Channel tides. Access is easy from the promenade and paths, but you’ll be fishing into fast flow and often coloured water; short-range casts can be...

1.6 miles from Birnbeck Island

A long, flat Bristol Channel surf beach running south from the Grand Pier toward Uphill and the River Axe. Expect a huge tidal range, fast-moving water and extensive sand/mud flats. Best fished the last 2–3 hours of the flood into high water and the first hour of the ebb, targeting...