fishing

Guests at Longbridge Wharf can fish from the very spacious balcony for Flounders, Eels, Bass, Whiting and Mullet etc.
On the first day we had access to the apartment we had an excellent few hours fishing with bites on every cast. There were lots of small Bass with some larger ones to 6lb, (see bottom picture) and all to peeler crab bait.


Fishing sessions from the balcony since then have produced lots of small to medium-sized Flounders with a lot of larger fish to 1lb 12ozs, plus the odd Eel, all to harbour rag or maddies. Several times we’ve hardly touched the bottom with peeler crab before a School Bass or a larger ‘keepable’ specimen is hooked.

Sea fishing around North Devon
There is some exciting sport to be had off the coast of North Devon among some of the finest cliff scenery in England.

Greysands: for Codling, November – March, Bass (most of the year now), Flounders, Whiting, etc.

Westward Ho! Rocks: Smooth Hound, April – June; Codling, November – March; Thornback Ray, May – September.

The Pebble Ridge: mostly Bass.

There are numerous other marks in the River Torridge and around the North Devon coast.

Useful websites:

For inshore and offshore fishing trips, including the unusual sport of salt water fly fishing:
> www.independentcharters.co.uk

For fly fishing in North Devon and Exmoor:
> www.hartflyfishing.demon.co.uk

There are a host of fishing possibilities in North Devon, from sea fishing and sea fishing with fly, to game fishing on rivers and coarse fishing on beautifully landscaped and well-stocked lakes.