Fishing in Knowle

2.3 miles from Knowle

A wide shingle-and-sand stretch in Blue Anchor Bay with a huge tidal range. Best fished on the flood as channels and gullies fill; range casting helps. A noted Somerset venue for small‑eyed rays, with prolific dogfish and winter whiting, plus chances of bass and summer smoothhounds. Nights are productive. Strong...

2.4 miles from Knowle

A broad, sandy bay on the Bristol Channel with an enormous tidal range. Best fished on the flood and first of the ebb, especially at dusk and into darkness. Clean-to-mixed ground with gutters and banks; crab, worm, squid and sandeel baits all excel. Summer brings smoothhounds and rays; winter sees...

2.5 miles from Knowle

A broad, gently shelving sand and silt beach that fronts Minehead & West Somerset Golf Club on the eastern side of Minehead. It fishes best on the flood and over high water when tides push fish into the gutters and channels that form across the flats. Clean-to-mixed ground suits rays,...

2.6 miles from Knowle

A classic Bristol Channel harbour with extreme tidal range. The inner basin largely dries, but the outer wall and harbour mouth offer productive fishing two to three hours either side of high water. Mixed ground (stone blocks, kelp, and adjacent sand/mud) holds year‑round minis, wrasse, pouting and conger, with bass,...

2.9 miles from Knowle

A rugged rocky headland on the Minehead (Somerset) shoreline with quick access to deep, tide-scoured water. Ground is rough with kelp, boulders and gullies; a rotten-bottom setup is strongly advised. Best results come around neap tides, especially dusk into dark on the flood and first of the ebb. On big...

2.9 miles from Knowle

A wide, gently shelving sand-and-shingle beach on Blue Anchor Bay (Carhampton parish) with an extreme Bristol Channel tide. Clean-to-mixed ground with gullies favors rays and flatfish; best results come on the flood into dusk/night. Spring–autumn produces small-eyed and thornback rays and summer bass; winter brings whiting with the odd codling....