Fishing in Holy Island

0.6 miles from Holy Island

Trearddur Bay is a shallow sandy bay with rocky headlands and reefy ground to either side, giving a mix of clean ground and rougher kelp/rock fishing. Access is easy via the promenade and slipways, with plenty of room to fish from the beach at low to mid tide and from...

0.9 miles from Holy Island

Porth Diana is a small, sheltered rocky cove just south of Beaumaris, fishing best from the rock edges and boulders on either side of the slip/boat access. It’s a fairly easy walk-in mark with mixed ground—broken rock and kelp close in, giving way to sand/mud in the deeper middle—so it...

1.0 miles from Holy Island

Porth Castell is a small, rocky cove on the south Anglesey coast where fishing is mainly from rough ground ledges and boulder-strewn shoreline, with deeper water a cast or two out. Access is on foot via coastal paths and short scrambles down to the rocks; expect kelp, broken ground and...

1.5 miles from Holy Island

Porth Dafarch is a small, sheltered bay on the west side of Holy Island with a sandy beach backed by low cliffs and rocky edges. Access is easy via the beach car park and a short walk onto sand or the rock fringes; fishing is typically light-tackle mixed ground with...

1.9 miles from Holy Island

Holyhead Harbour is a large, deep-water commercial harbour with sheltered walls, piers and rock-armoured edges giving easy, mostly flat access and consistent fishing in most winds. Angling is typically for mixed species over clean ground and rougher rubble, with good tide run around harbour mouths and corners; float fishing and...

2.5 miles from Holy Island

Holyhead Outer Harbour offers deep, fast-flowing water close to shore with access from the outer harbour walls and adjacent breakwater/harbour-side platforms. It’s a classic mixed mark: spinning and float-fishing can produce summer pelagics, while bottom-fishing in the tide run targets predators and rays, with best sport around tide changes and...