ilfracombe. help needed

Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 3 Location: warrington

best places around hele bay ilfracombe, going down for a w/k in may and never fished that far down i fish wales, liverpool and more up north. any info would be greatfully appriciated. thanks for your time.

Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:22 pm

hi i havent fished there for a few years but the peir in the lower part of town was always good for mackeral and bass its rough ground if i remember right i always used to fish float with a whole sandeel onthe buisness end the tackle shop is a good stop if he is still there cant remember the name of the place tho sorry. my bro went last summer and said there were alot of charter boats in the harbour so that might be worth ago hope that was some help

p.s. u need to go to the tackle shop for a key to the peir, used to be a £3 deposit that u got back

Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 3 Location: warrington

thanks fishmad i will have a go when i get down. i heard the rock marks in front of the caravan park are good but dont know which side left or right side. looked on google earth and it looks nice and rocky

Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:04 am

Took the family on hols to Woolacombe last year and spent a day in Ilfracombe . We parked in the harbour car park and saw people fishing from the rocks over the wall . I don't know if they had to pay or just climbed over the wall which is about 4 ft. For informatiom they seemed to be either spinning or plugging . It looks like good fishing but it also looks a little hairy . Good luck but be carefull .

Good hunting.

Joined: Feb 24, 2008 Posts: 3 Location: warrington

thanks pootytang. done a search on here nothing much came up. thanks for replies

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:53 pm

hello ,the peir is good ,it does get packed in the summer though ,the back of capstone is a good one ,good for macky bashing any how ,my mate cought two small flatty off the peir a couple of weeks ago ,theres been alot more fish comming out this year .it was pretty dead last year happy