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Discover sea fishing in Portbury, Somerset with fast access to Woodhill Bay, Battery Point and Black Nore Point. Expect in season. Each mark lists distance from Portbury, terrain and methods so you can pick a venue that matches today’s tide and conditions.
7.5 miles from Portbury
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....
7.8 miles from Portbury
A well-known mark on the Severn Estuary promenade at Clevedon with easy, rail‑side access and parking along The Beach. Expect extremely strong tides, fast currents, heavy weed on springs, and very turbid water. Ground is mixed rough over clay, boulders and patches of mud/sand with plenty of snags, so use...
8.6 miles from Portbury
Northwick Warth is an exposed stretch of Severn estuary sea wall and saltmarsh north of Severn Beach. You fish from the concrete/rock-armoured bank over deep, fast tidal channels and extensive mudflats. The tidal range is huge and currents are fierce; 6–8 oz grippers are standard. Best results are typically on...
9.4 miles from Portbury
A classic Severn Estuary mark by the old Aust ferry crossing beneath the First Severn Bridge. Extremely fast tides, huge range, and a mix of rock, rough ground and soft mud. Best fished on the flood two to three hours up to high water on big springs; neaps can be...
9.8 miles from Portbury
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...
9.8 miles from Portbury
A powerful estuary point at the tip of the Beachley peninsula (Gloucestershire) where the Rivers Wye and Severn meet beneath the M48 Severn Bridge. The ground is mixed rock, shale and scoured mud with fierce tidal runs, overfalls and deep channels close in. Best fished on neap tides and around...
