Fishing in Pencraig

5.1 miles from Pencraig

Plas Newydd sits on the Menai Strait shoreline by the house and woodland walks, with easy access to mixed foreshore of stones, mud/sand and small rocky edges. It fishes as a classic strait mark: strong tides, eddies and a defined channel mean best results come around slack water with leads...

5.3 miles from Pencraig

Red Wharf Bay is a long, gently shelving sandy bay with broad tidal flats and scattered worm beds, best fished from the beach around the main access points (Benllech end and the Red Wharf/ship inn side). It’s straightforward walk-on fishing with plenty of room for long casts, producing classic North...

5.4 miles from Pencraig

Brittania Bridge (Menai Bridge) is a tidal strait mark where anglers fish from shoreline rocks/ledges and sea walls around the bridge approaches and adjacent banks. Expect strong flow, depth changes and eddies that concentrate baitfish, so fishing is often best around slack water on bigger tides; spinning for pelagics and...

5.4 miles from Pencraig

Benllech is a broad, gently shelving sandy bay on Anglesey’s east coast with easy access from the village to the promenade and beach. Most shore fishing is classic surf/clean-ground work for flatfish and small sharks, with occasional bass along the edges, and it can produce best on a building tide...

5.9 miles from Pencraig

Malltraeth Estuary (Afon Cefni) is a broad, tide-swept mud-and-sand estuary on Anglesey’s SW side, best fished from the banks near the causeway/parking by Malltraeth and along accessible footpaths. Expect classic estuary fishing: strong tidal run in the channels, extensive shallows that dry at low water, and fish pushing up on...

6.0 miles from Pencraig

Traeth Coch (Red Wharf Bay) is a broad, gently shelving sandy bay with extensive flats at low water and deeper gullies/edges on the mid-to-outer bay. Access is easy via the seafront/parking at Benllech and Red Wharf Bay, with fishing mainly from the beach; expect long-range casting over clean ground, plus...