Fishing in Colwyn Bay

0.2 miles from Colwyn Bay

Colwyn Bay is a long, gently shelving open beach on the north Wales coast, fished mainly from sand/shingle at easy walk-on access points along the promenade and slipways. It’s a classic surf mark with best sport around the flooding tide and after a bit of swell, producing mixed flatfish and...

0.5 miles from Colwyn Bay

Porth Eirias is a modern promenade and small harbour/launch area on Colwyn Bay, with fishing mainly from the harbour walls and adjacent breakwater-like rock armour. Access is easy from the seafront (flat walking, parking and facilities nearby) and it’s a mixed ground venue: close-in rocks/harbour edge for wrasse and small...

1.0 miles from Colwyn Bay

Rhos-on-Sea is a very accessible mixed shore mark on the Conwy coast, centred on the promenade and Rhos Point where a rough reef of boulders/bedrock meets sand. You can fish from the rocks at mid to high water or cast from the adjacent beach for flatfish; the ground is snaggy...

1.2 miles from Colwyn Bay

Old Colwyn is an open, gently sloping shingle-to-sand foreshore on the north Wales coast, fished mainly as a beach mark with easy access from the promenade and several slipways/steps. It’s typical “clean ground” surf fishing with some mixed sand-and-scattered stone patches, best worked on a flooding tide and into dusk/night;...

1.2 miles from Colwyn Bay

Rhos Point is a low, rocky headland and promenade frontage at the west end of Colwyn Bay, with easy access from the sea wall and nearby parking. Fishing is typically close-range over broken ground and kelp, with deeper water and small gullies at higher tides; it’s a classic rough-ground mark...

2.1 miles from Colwyn Bay

Penrhyn Bay is a long, gently shelving sand-and-shingle bay on the north Wales coast, fished mostly from the beach with easy access from nearby roads and promenades. It’s a classic mixed-grounds venue: clean sand produces flats and school fish, while scattered patches of rougher ground and the tidal run along...