Fishing in Backe

4.0 miles from Backe

Shore fishing from the muddy-sandy estuary edge below Laugharne Castle on the Taf/Tywi estuary, with easy access via the promenade/foreshore path and short steps down at low water. The mark fishes as a classic South Wales estuary: gentle to moderate tidal run, mixed mud/sand with small gutters and channels, and...

4.1 miles from Backe

Wide, muddy-tidal estuary water around Laugharne with sloping banks, small sandy/mud flats and channel edges; most anglers fish from the public foreshore/paths near the castle and along accessible banks at high water, then pick out deeper gutters as the tide ebbs. It’s a classic South Wales estuary mark: best around...

5.0 miles from Backe

Pendine Sands is a long, gently sloping open surf beach on the Carmarthenshire coast with easy access from the village and seafront parking, allowing comfortable fishing straight off clean sand. It’s primarily a distance-casting mark with few snags, best on a flooding tide and into dusk/night, producing typical sandy-beach species...

6.5 miles from Backe

Scotts Bay is a small, sheltered bay on the Carmarthenshire coast with mixed sand and rock that fishes like a short-range beach mark with rough ground patches. Access is typically on foot via the coast path and down to the foreshore at low to mid tide; expect some scrambling on...

6.6 miles from Backe

Pen-y-Fan Point at Llansteffan is a rocky shoreline/point on the Taf/Towy estuary mouth, fished from uneven ledges and rock platforms with short walks from Llansteffan. It offers mixed ground—broken rock close in with sand/mud seams and stronger tide runs off the point—so it can fish well for wrasse, bass and...

6.7 miles from Backe

Llansteffan Beach is a wide, gently sloping sandy shore at the mouth of the River Towy, with easy access from the village and seasonal sandbars that create gullies and channels. Fishing is classic south‑Wales beach/estuary sport: best around the flood and early ebb when water pushes up the beach, with...