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Port Gaverne is a
great place for fishing and boating, although it can get very busy during the
summer months and car parking is
not easy sometimes! Under 20' boats are easiest to launch here and it is
always best to check tide times and avoid launching at low tide when the sand
can become quite soft. Port Gaverne is unusual in that it is not a Council
run beach but owned by the National Trust.
You can find the Tide Times and weather and even look at the current state of the sea from the other pages on this website.
There is a
launching fee of £5 per launch or £15 per year which can be obtained from the
bar at The Port Gaverne Hotel
just across from the beach (they also do great food and a good beer).
Unfortunately JET
SKIS are NOT PERMITTED to launch from Port Gaverne.
Please remember not to leave your car on the beach when out in your boat as this clogs up the beach even more.
Port Gaverne is also getting popular for canoeing and kayaking but be warned it may look lovely and calm in the Bay but once you get outside the protection of the cliffs it can get quite choppy.
The water is
usually lovely and clear during summer months and many divers use the area for
wreck diving as numerous boats
and
ships have come to grief off the North Cornish coast over many centuries -
happily this is not the case nowadays but be warned the North Cornish coast can
be very dangerous and the weather can change very quickly.
Many different
types of species of fish can be caught from the cliffs and from boats.
Some examples of fish caught are shown on this page.
If
you wish to fish from The Main (the headland on right hand side of Bay) then
there are some good spots when you can get down closer to the sea - watch out
for the seals though - they'll strip the fish off your hook as you bring it up!!
But they are cute!! Mackerel and pollock can be caught off the rocks
fairly easily and occasionally wrasse, sea bass.
If
you're fishing from a boat, well the sea's your oyster!! Well perhaps not
quite but again depending on the time of the year, mackerel, pollock, sea bass,
wrasse, conger, dogfish, bullhuss, dab, herring, ling, plaice, Turbot, pilchard,
whiting, and cod have been caught here.
Don't forget that there are minimum sizes of the fish you are allowed to catch and keep - see Cornwall Sea Fisheries - Minimum fish sizes. The Sea Fisheries patrol boat is often in the area and they board even the smallest boats to check on their catch! You have been warned!
If in any doubt -
always ask "a local" the best places to find fish. If you catch
any interesting fish then take a photo and email it to me and I will add a
"Catch of the Day" page to the website -
Here are two unusual fish which were found dead on the beach:
Lamprey eel
Lumpsucker (honest!)
I suppose their mothers loved them !!
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