Pembrokeshire, West Angle Beach.

West Angle beach at low tide.

West Angle is as far as you can go west from Pembroke, follow the B4320 and go through the village of Angle, the beach is signposted with a brown information sign. At the end of the road there is a car park, a café which is open during the holiday season, and toilets. The beach is shallow and sandy with rock fringes and has rock-pools for the children to investigate.

Fishing from the rocks at low tide with plugs or spinners will sometimes get a bass and bottom fishing at higher tides will provide sport with dogfish and flatfish with bass and pollack a possibility.

At high tide the water reaches the shale and stone beach.Lugworm can be dug at low tide but it will be hard work, a flat tined potato fork is the best tool for the job. Bait, including ragworm, can be bought from Pembroke Angling in Meyrick Street in Pembroke Dock ( look for the shop painted tangerine !). The beach faces direct out onto the Atlantic so it will be rough here in a westerly blow

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Pembrokeshire, Solva

Solva, rock mark.

Solva is a picturesque inlet on the A487 between Haverfordwest and St Davids. It is popular for boating and has a busy quay area. There is a free car park at the head of the inlet and coast paths lead out to rocky headlands on each side. There is a toilet block in the car park and another at the quay which is on the right hand side of the inlet along a level path, wheelchair access is as far as the Quay. Shops and cafés are a short walk away and there is a shop, Bay View Stores up the hill towards St Davids on the right, that sells fishing tackle and frozen baits and is open until 7 or 8pm.

Solva, at the seaward end of the mooring inlet.

Fishing near the moorings is difficult when there is boating activity and crabbing or fishing the fringes for flounder is about as much as is possible. Local children head out along the coast path to the right and a short way along there are paths down to rock ledges from which a few anglers can fish. There is rough ground so tackle loss may be expected. Restricted space for casting means scaling down to a spinning rod rather than a beachcaster, pollack and bass will take a spinner or plug worked along the creek edge or out into the deeper water. Float fishing can be employed for bass, wrasse, pollack, and mackerel in season.. Paths lead out to other rock marks on the headlands but this is not recommended for children or beginners.

Worms can be dug here at low tide but do not dig around the boat moorings and backfill any holes. Crabs can be found in the weed and under rocks, the small hard-backed crabs can be hooked through at the base of a leg and float fished for wrasse.

Tide times for Solva for the next 7 days.

as far as the Quay only

Pembrokeshire, Saundersfoot Harbour

Saundersfoot Harbour, Inner wall.

Saundersfoot ( pronounced Sandersfoot by the locals ) is to the north of Tenby, just off the A477/478 and the B4316.
It is a convenient spot for children and parts are accessible to wheelchair users. The harbour dries out at low tide so check tide times for fishing here. Parking is right alongside the harbour wall and toilets, shops and cafés are a short level walk away. 
The easiest fishing is from the inner wall casting onto clean sand. A long cast is not needed, fish come very close to the wall. Dogfish, flatfish, bass and other bottom feeding fish are caught along with mullet, mackerel and gar in season to float fished mackerel strip.
In the Autumn there are usually plenty of Tub Gurnard to be caught and sometimes smoothhounds although they are likely to be small pups.
Squid, mackerel or sandeel will take most fish. 

Very light tackle and size 6 or smaller hooks dropped down the wall or by the rocks will get blennies, watch out with these they have sharp teeth and they are not averse to giving a nip as you get the hook out.
There is a wall dividing off a small section at the back of the harbour, this wall is usually crowded with people catching crabs.

Saundersfoot Harbour, the outer wall.

The outer wall has a stone and concrete apron which can make fishing from here difficult when retrieving tackle or landing a fish. At the end of the wall at the round section there is a vertical drop to the water which makes that section the favoured spot. Summer fishing spells mayhem here as people will come and fish from the apron under where you are trying to fish from the top. There is access at the start of the wall onto a small beach which can be fished on a rising tide although at high you will be forced back onto the steps.

At most times light tackle and smooth leads can be used, there is not much tidal current.

Razor fish and black lug can be got from this beach at low tide on spring tides by those who know how to get them.

Bait including ragworm can be got at Tenby, Tenby Angling within the Old Market Hall which is on the High Street * ( edit. June 2015, I heard that this has now closed ) or at Pembroke Dock

updated Mar 2012 local Tackle Shop now closed, ref deleted.

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Inner wall only, see top photograph.

Pembrokeshire, Tenby Harbour.

Tenby Harbour, rising tide.

Tenby Harbour dries out at low tide so is fishable only a few hours either side of high tide. The venue is comfortable and easy to fish and would enable wheelchair users to access fairly deep water over a low wall. Parking is a long walk away, as you arrive at Tenby take the road out towards Saundersfoot, then take the road signposted North Beach and Hospital. There is a large car park signposted on the left at the bottom of a hill (Hospital sign is more visible.) You will have to walk along the top prom, down steps or slopes down to the lower prom and around to the Harbour. At high tide it is possible to fish from this prom, and, out of season from the beach. The beach is clean sand apart from a patch near the visible large rock. There is disabled parking near the harbour entrance.

Tenby Harbour, The low section of wall.

As with most working harbours you may not fish the inner harbour. Boats have right of way so do not cast from the end into the area used by boat traffic. Long casting is not required from here, the fish are as likely to be close to the wall as a long way from it; bottom fishing will get a variety of fish, dogfish, flounder, dab, whiting, bass, gurnard and other species. Summer season brings mackerel, garfish and the crowds. Float fishing is the most sporting way of catching mackerel, catch only as many as you need , mackerel die after being handled with dry hands or a cloth so if you have enough, stop fishing for them and go back to bottom fishing. This is a venue suitable for children although there is either a long drop to the water or deep water depending on the state of the tide. Crabbing can be done in the inner harbour. All the usual facilities, shops, cafés etc. are a short walk away.

Butlers Horse Rocks

If you walk around to the right as you walk down the slope towards the harbour wall, following the sign for The Lifeboat station, you will see some stone steps leading down to a small rock platform. This goes by the quaint local name of Butlers Horse. Why I don't know. There is only room for three or four people to fish from here and you will be fishing over clean sand for the same species as from the harbour wall.. The current can pull quite hard around this point so grip leads will be needed at some states of the tide.

Rocket Rocks or 'The Bandstand' at low tide.

Further around the headland, it's quicker to approach from the other side past the Museum and Gallery, you will come to 'The Bandstand' mark which the old local I was chatting to called Rocket Rock..... and just as he didn't know who Butler or his horse were, he didn't offer an explanation for this name. From the path you will need to carefully climb, slide, tumble or fall headlong onto the rocks below. Fishing is said to be good from here at night, I haven't personally fished here, I'm too old for this climb, slide, tumble or fall headlong business.

There is a tackle shop close to the harbour but you may have to travel to Pembroke Dock, Raven Trading on the small industrial estate before entering the town, to get livebait of any sort.

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Harbour Wall only

Pembrokeshire, Newport, The Slipway

The Slipway, at the old lifeboat house.

If you take the footpath from The Parrog car park, you can walk alongside the estuary in front of the cottages; if the tide is in you may have to take the upper path which is signposted where a detour is required. Eventually you will come to the little bay and the slipway, locally this is known as Cwm. Fishing here is onto fairly clean ground. The fishing is not great but the location is. Pollack, bass, whiting, eels or mini species are possible using worm or fish baits. Children like this spot as there are rock pools to explore at low tide; a toddler friendly spot.

The Steps, past the Slipway.

Past the slipway the coast path splits, take the lower route and you will come to some rocks with concrete steps. There is very limited room here so only a few people can fish. Spinning or float fishing may intercept fish moving in or out of the estuary. Pollack and wrasse lurk along the rocks edges among the weed and mackerel can come within range in summer. Not a place for toddler type children.

Rock ledge, room for three or four to fish here.

A little way further on from the steps there is fairly easy access down to a flat rock platform. A place to try to intercept fish as they move in or out with the tide, try spinning for bass or cast a big bait into the tideway; you will need a heavy grip weight at certain periods during the tide as the current will be strong and sometimes there is a lot of weed in the water.

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Pembrokeshire, Newport, The Parrog

Behind the Boat Club, on The Parrog.

This is a popular spot for crabbing from the wall; the car park and toilets are a short walk away. The tidal pull is very strong through here and it is fishable only at high slack water if using legering techniques. Spinning is possible, casting into the main tideway although weed in the water can make this method tiresome. Bass, mullet and flounder make their way in and out of the estuary through this narrow channel.

You can get frozen bait for crabbing from a shop by the garage workshop in the village. At low tide you may find peeler crabs in the weed at the base of the wall. Lugworm can be dug out on the flats but do not dig near boat moorings and backfill any holes.

.Evening on The Parrog with tide tide creeping in.

Pembrokeshire, Fishguard Inner Breakwater.

The inner Breakwater, Goodwick, Fishguard

If you drive along the M4 and then the A40 to the very end you will be at the Ireland ferry terminal at Goodwick but which is referred to as Fishguard. Pass the filling station and turn right at two mini roundabouts into the car park. There is a slip road that is marked no through road, 'slipway only', that takes you to a further parking area at the end of the breakwater. There is disabled parking here and there is a café and toilets in the large building adjacent, there are other toilets in the building at the top of the slipway.
The breakwater has rock armour to the sides which make retrieval of a fish difficult but the right hand side for the first third of the breakwater is steeper than the rest so is more fishable. On the left side there are several basic platform areas that make fishing easier. The end of the breakwater has concrete and stone aprons which makes for better access as it is possible to stand on these to spin for fish.

The end of the Inner Breakwater.

Fish caught here are dogfish, pouting, flatfish, whiting, wrasse, bass and mackerel in season. In autumn and winter cod are also taken. The water is fairly shallow until you reach the end, although this does not mean the fish are not there; flounders and bass do not mind shallow water; float fishing is possible from the end of the breakwater although keep an eye out for lobster pot markers and ropes. Worm is favourite bait if you can obtain any locally but squid or fishbait will take fish. Frozen bait, for example frozen raw prawns, may be available at the Tesco store which is located by the roundabout. Bait is a problem in this area, tackle shops come and go., it will probably be a case of driving to Pembroke Dock, 

Lugworm can be dug at low tide, look for the worm casts; please backfill any holes you dig as they can be a danger to other beach users. On low spring tides you may be able to get some razorfish and it may be worth looking for peeler crabs among the weed and rocks at the south end of the beach, to the right of the breakwater.

In parts, with able-bodied help for retrieving.

Pembrokeshire, St Dogmaels

Teifi estuary, St Dogmaels low tide looking seaward.

Take the road from Cardigan to Poppit Sands, the B4536, in the village of St Dogmaels turn right and at the bottom of the hill there is a low sea wall. There is a small amount of roadside parking at the far end of the wall towards a new boat park. You can get access to the beach near the small pumping station or via the slipway further up the road. There are boat moorings here which make fishing difficult except at low tide, the beach here is muddy. Walk to the left towards the sea, past the boat moorings and where the estuary narrows a little and where the rocky bank starts, two channels of the estuary meet. The beach is firmer sandy silt here.This is a good mark for flounder fishing, my only ever near 3lb fish came from here to a soft crab bait tipped with mackerel. If you look you may find soft or peeler crab bait nearby although flounder will take fish baits, especially the larger fish. Locals used to use earthworms here with great success.
On big tides there is a lot of water moving in the estuary and the current is too strong for easy fishing at maximum flow, especially if the river is in spate. You will need to fish over low or high water slack times or when the flow abates. On very high tides it is possible to get cut off at this mark so consult tide tables before heading out there.
Bait is a problem in West Wales. Mackerel or frozen raw prawns can usually be bought from Tesco in Cardigan, there is a tackle shop in Cardigan (Castaway Tackle Shop in College Row 01239 621856 ) which sells frozen bait and very expensive farmed, boxed ragworm. As you go through the High Street on the one-way system you will notice a small square with what used to be Woolworths to the right, immediately turn left down the hill, this is College Row, there is a car park about 50 yards further on.

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Pembrokeshire, Ceibwr, Moylegrove

Ceibwr, looking east.

Ceibwr is a small bay and headland at Moylegrove which is signposted from Newport or Cardigan via St Dogmaels. It is a beautiful spot and the fishing can be good. There are no facilities at Ceibwr, there are toilets back in the village in the car park; the nearest place to eat and drink is the Pavilion Cafe at the garden centre, Penrallt Ceibwr, which is a turning on the left as you leave Moylegrove towards St Dogmaels up a very steep hill.

At Ceibwr you can walk along the rock ledges to find a spot; long casting is not required as the fish are in the gully between you and the rock reefs which rise only yards away. Float fishing is fun and wrasse, pollack and even dogfish can be caught this way. There is kelp in the gully so fish will try to dive into it to escape; keep hold of the rod and react quickly and you should not loose too much tackle. Bottom fishing picks up the same species plus some mini-species but tackle loss can be high. Use old nuts, bolts, spark plugs etc to keep costs down you will not need a lot of weight to find bottom.

Casting into the rough ground in the cove entrance can provide sport with dogfish, bull huss, conger eel or even tope on rare occasions.

Do not go down onto the ledges if there is rough weather or a big swell running, wear sensible footwear the rock edges are sharp and slanted. Barefoot or flip-flops are not an option.

Ceibwr, looking west low tide.

The water is usually much clearer than it is in this photograph. Spinning in the gulley can get pollack,bass and, in season, mackerel. Please keep this lovely spot clear of litter, old line and bait. There are no bins.... take it home.

Bait is a problem in West Wales. Mackerel can usually be bought from Tesco in Cardigan, there is a tackle shop in Cardigan (Castaway Tackle Shop in College Row 01239 621856 ) which sells frozen bait and ragworm, best to phone to check they have some in stock or to order some in advance. As you go through the High Street on the one-way system you will notice a small square with what was Woolworths to the right, immediately turn left down the hill, this is College Row, there is a car park about 50 yards further at the bottom of the hill. Soft or peeler crabs can be found at St Dogmaels along the waters edge where the boats are moored.

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Pembrokeshire, Newport Bridge and Estuary.

from the bridge looking seaward, low tide.

The estuary at Newport contains some large flounders that swim up into the estuary to feed on the mudflats. Bass, mullet, eels and sea trout (sewin) also can be caught although it is illegal to fish for sea trout or salmon without a license. The photograph shows the channels of deeper water. it is worth walking down the estuary on the eastern bank (golf course side) of the estuary to note the bends and gullies. At certain times during the flood or ebb tide there will be strong currents in the deep water channels and, if there has been rain recently, a lot of weed and debris in the water which will make fishing difficult. There is a spot just past the second white cottage, the one between the path and the water, which looks a good spot; I have not fished here though so cannot say what it fishes like. If I can get the time and worm or crab bait I will give it a go and edit this post accordingly.

Do not be tempted to walk far out onto the mudflats, it is gooey sticky (and deep) stuff. Peeler or soft crabs can be found in the intertidal zone if you are lucky.

Mullet can be targetted by float fishing bread or mackerel flesh at slack water over high tide or on the tide ebb tide when an overdepth set up can be trotted down the flow to target flounder and bass as well as the mullet. If you can get near the water level a spinner may take mullet bass or flounder.

Pembrokeshire, Cwm-yr-Eglwys

Cwm-yr-Eglwys, view from churchyard wall

Cwm-yr-Eglwys is a tiny bay on the east side of Dinas which is between Fishguard and Newport on the A487. Turn left as you leave the village of Dinas Cross and follow the narrow lane down to the end. Parking is straight ahead and is 'pay the attendant' or use the honesty box, it is cheap, only a few pounds pound per day, so please play the game. There are toilets near the car park behind the boat park but no other facilities. You can fish from the beach but over high tide on bigger tides you will need to retreat to fish from the wall of the churchyard. The churchyard has the remains of the church, most of which was washed away in the great "Royal Charter Storm" in 1859. On a sunny summer evening it would be difficult to imagine a nicer spot to fish, the fishing's not always good, the location makes up for it.

Dogfish roam the bay in large numbers at night along with some pollack, flatfish such as flounders, plaice and dabs are caught along with other species such as bass, gurnard, whiting and pouting. Squid and fish baits will catch most species here if you cannot get ragworm.

If you look carefully at the photograph above you will see a concrete platform that leads out onto flat topped rocks, there is space for a few people to fish from here either casting out diagonally into the centre of the bay or to use very light tackle to catch blennies and other small species that lurk under the rock ledges. If calm you could try float fishing for pollack,bass or mackerel in season.

Access to the rocks and concrete platform is cut off at high tide; there is a way back over both concrete areas and along a narrow path which is the top of the sea wall and can be seen below the white wall; cross over the stream and you will find a rough path leading back up to the lane.

the wall looking back from the concrete platform

Comfort indeed on the churchyard wall, benches to sit on, and all a short walk from the car park and the toilets. I noticed when I was last here ( in August 2010 ) there was an ice cream van, that also did hot and cold drinks, parked during the daytime in the entrance to the boat park between the car park and the churchyard.

The beach with the headland to the left.

On fine summer evenings you will see a procession of hopefuls negotiating the rocks to the left of the bay on their way out to the headland where deeper water means easy float fishing for mackerel, bass and pollack. Try mackerel strip or sand eel as bait but pollack are especially partial to a ragworm, hook it just once through the head. The access is rough and is not suitable for children.

If you fancy a pleasant walk you can head west along a level path around the back of "the Island" which takes you to Pwllgwaelod beach which is a sandy bay with rocky fringes. Pwllgwaelod gets very crowded, there is a pub/restaurant there.

The beach here gets very crowded during sunny summer days, leave the fishing until evening when the swimmers have left...... or get up early.

Ragworm is stocked sometimes, phone to check/order, by the shop in Cardigan (Castaway Tackle Shop in College Row 01239 621856 ); it is expensive farmed, boxed ragworm. Tesco in Cardigan sell mackerel and frozen raw prawns which make excellent bait.sliced into slivers on small hooks for smaller fish or used whole on a 1/0 or 2/0 hook for bass....or more likely a dogfish.

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. from churchyard wall over high tide or, with a suitable wheelchair, from the firm sand beach.

Pembrokeshire, Newport

Newport is between Fishguard and Cardigan on the A487. Fishing marks here are Newport Beach, The Parrog, The Bridge and Estuary and The Slipway area.
Crabbing is popular with the ankle-biters along the wall behind the Boat Club at high tide.

Bait is a problem in West Wales. Frozen bait is sold at the garage in Newport. Mackerel can usually be bought from Tesco in Cardigan and there is a tackle shop in Cardigan (Castaway Tackle Shop in College Row 01239 621856 ) which sells frozen bait and very expensive farmed, boxed ragworm. As you go through the High Street on the one-way system you will notice a small square with Woolworths to the right, immediately turn left down the hill, this is College Row, there is a car park about 50 yards further on.
Bait can be collected in the estuary at The Parrog; soft or peeler crabs will be lurking under weed and rocks, mussels and limpets on the rocks and lugworm can be found in the sand/mudflats behind the boat club building but there are not found in great numbers and it is hard work to get enough for a session. If you look for crabs please put the stones back exactly as you find them, if you rolll the stones over trapping the weed underneath you do great harm to the marine environment and spoil the chances of anyone else finding bait.

Pembrokeshire, Newport Beach

Newport Beach, mid tide looking north.

Newport is east of Fishguard on the A487, the beach is reached by car by turning off as you are leaving the village on the Cardigan side. The turn is signposted Moylegrove and Golf Course. You will cross the river and head uphill, left turn at a cottage and follow the golf course signs, you will find the car park just past the Golf Club. Pay the attendants in season, free out of season. There is a snack bar/shop in season and toilets nearby.

This is a venue where you can take your vehicle down onto the firm sand beach. Be aware of the tides if you do go onto the sand make sure you have a look at the "strand line" which will show where the last tide reached.The beach is shallow and the tide races in. Species that are caught here are dogfish, bass, flatfish and rays. Other species turn up but bass and dogfish are the usual catch. A cast of fifty yards or so will get fish, sometimes less. Worm baits will catch most fish but squid, sandeel and mackerel will take fish and are cheap and easily obtained. Wading here will enable you to get your baits further out.

The beach is popular with tourists so most angling is done to the rightin front of the rocks, check tide times and make sure you are not cut off, otherwise you may have a long wait to get back. The other spot to fish is to the left, at the end of the spit at the river entrance, this is a spot for light tackle fishing on the move because you will need to move frequently as the tide changes. You can reach the main beach by paddling/wading across the river at low tide but you will have a long walk around the estuary footpath if you get your timings wrong.

Bait is a problem in West Wales. Frozen bait is sold at the garage in Newport. Mackerel can usually be bought from Tesco in Cardigan and there is a tackle shop in Cardigan (Castaway Tackle Shop in College Row 01239 621856 ) which sells frozen bait and very expensive farmed, boxed ragworm. As you go through the High Street on the one-way system you will notice a small square with Woolworths to the right, immediately turn left down the hill, this is College Row, there is a car park about 50 yards further on.

Bait can be collected in the estuary at The Parrog; soft or peeler crabs will be lurking under weed and rocks, mussels and limpets on the rocks and lugworm can be found in the sand/mudflats behind the boat club building but they are not found in great numbers and it is hard work to get enough for a session. If you look for crabs please put the stones back exactly as you find them, if you roll the stones over trapping the weed underneath you do great harm to the marine environment and spoil the chances of anyone else finding bait.

Oddities are washed up onto the beach, dead whales have been found and recently a dead trigger fish.

Dolphins and porpoises can be seen from here quite often in summer.

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Park on beach, sand firm when damp.

Bristol Channel, Blue Anchor.

Blue Anchor, Looking east.

The area known as Blue Anchor takes its quaint name from the pub at the Watchet end of the beach. It is a high tide mark and can be found on the back road from Watchet to Minehead. It is fishable for a few hours either side of high water from the sea wall or the beach to the west. There is car parking on the landward side of the road or alongside the seaward side of the road for much of the venue. There are only a few places where there is access to the beach so fish have to be retrieved by use of a drop net, risking a loss by lifting the fish up by hand-lining or 'walking' the fish along the wall to an access spot. A large portion of the wall is unfishable due to the rock armour placed under the wall, this makes it next to impossible to land a fish.

Blue Anchor Beach, east towards 'Broken Wall'

A good selection of species can be caught from the wall or from the beach. Dogfish seem to be ever present with cod and whiting in the winter. Large conger eels are quite common; also taken are pouting, thornback rays, small eyed rays, bass and rockling. Small turbot sometimes put in an appearance. Baits used here are ragworm or lugworm , squid and fishbaits, ( if you are feeling energetic it is possible to dig lugworm from the beach ), sensible people buy them from Westcoast Angling in Watchet, ( 53 Swain Street TA23 0AG Tel: 01984 634807) or Minehead ( a kiosk on the harbour wall ) . There is a shop and café just inside the entrance to the caravan park which sells frozen bait and has a selection of basic tackle bits and pieces.
There is a toilet block about halfway along the bay and a café at the western end where there is also a station serving the steam railway.
At the eastern end of the beach there are some reefs which are exposed at low water; the locals who are aware of the dangers, local weather conditions and tides fish these reefs. Do not attempt to fish here, there is a real danger of drowning. Near the reefs are patches of soft sinking sand which are dangerous enough before you get out onto the rocks.

updated 17th August 2010

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Bristol Channel, Dunster Beach

Dunster Beach, looking east towards Minehead, low tide.

Dunster Beach is reached by turning off the A39 to the east of Minehead, there are brown information signs that lead you through the village over the railway line to a large pay and display car park and picnic area. There is a kiosk selling drinks and snacks in season and there is a toilet block at the western end of the car park. This venue is a shallow water mark and can only be fished for, at the most, a couple of hours each side of high tide; best on the biggest tides. It produces the usual dogfish, rays, small conger along with the occasional bass with cod and whiting in winter.The ground is fairly clean shingle and sand so tackle losses should be minimal... in any case, if you wait an hour or two you can walk out to get it back.

Dunster Beach, looking west.

To the west there is a chalet park which is private, stay to the car park area or take the coast path if you want to fish further west. This is an area which can be surveyed at low tide to look for likely fish holding features like gullies or rough ground patches. The locals head off to the west of the car park to their favoured marks.

Nearest tackle shops are West Coast Angling at Minehead, 01643 705745 (a kiosk on the Harbour ) or in Swain Street, Watchet 01984 634807‎, there is a shop at the caravan park at Blue Anchor which stocks a small selection of tackle bits and pieces and frozen bait.

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Bristol Channel, Porlock

Porlock Harbour, West Porlock, low tide.

Porlock Harbour is a quaint little harbour at West Porlock to the west of Minehead. Follow the brown information signs and just keep heading west until you run out of road. There is a pay and display car park with toilets and there are pubs and a shop at the harbour. To the east there is a long stone bank pushed up by the sea. This is rough ground fishing, the bottom is sand with rough patches. This venue can be fished at all states of the tide but you will need a long cast to get onto the sand at high tide. At low tide you will have to walk out onto the rocky and cobbled beach where getting a firm footing can be difficult, boots with ankle support are recommended.

looking east, the harbour entrance behind the wooden groyne.

To get to this beach walk over the footbridge that spans the harbour entrance, walk past the front of the cottages and over the stone bank onto the beach. The water here is bluer than at Minehead which indicates that the sea has deposited much of the silt it had been carrying further up the channel at Minehead and beyond. This means that fish that prefer clear water,such as mackerel and gar, are caught here by float fishing or spinning in the summer.

Porlock, looking west.

The anglers in the photographs are fishing a match and are from the Westcoast and Watchet club, they were busy catching dogfish when I was taking these photographs. Thanks to the guy, in the second pic with the yellow bag, for the local advice.
Many different species are possible here that are not often caught further up-channel, pollack and bass are regulars, bream sometimes and even trigger fish at times. The channel regulars, dogfish, thornback rays and congers are the staple species with cod and whiting in the winter.At high tide mullet find their way into the harbour and frustrating hours can be spent trying to catch one.
Bait for general beach fishing can be ragworm, lugworm, squid and fish-baits, nearest tackle shop is back in Minehead; Westcoast Tackle on the Harbour or their other shop in Watchet.

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