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  THE NORTH COAST of CORNWALL
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If you are a keen angler you can see why many choose Trevella for their holiday. All our guests are welcome to fish either of our lakes.

As well as being fishing lakes, Trevella and Springfield lakes are part of our nature reserve. For the last six years we have been awarded the David Bellamy Gold award for conservation.

Holidays at Trevella

Run with families in mind, our aim is to make your holiday as relaxing & enjoyable as possible, nothing is too much trouble. Being centrally located Trevella prides itself on its beautiful award winning parkland, making an ideal base to tour Cornwall.
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White Acres Holiday Park is one of the UK's premier fishing destinations. There are 13 fishing lakes giving you the best variety of coarse fishing. Every lake is fed by natural springs and great care is taken to protect the environment.

White Acres is not only a top fishing park, its a great place for a family holiday.
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White Acres is also one of the best match fishing venues in Britain. The UK's biggest names join our festivals and each year the park hosts the Parkdean Masters offering one of the sports largest cash prizes.

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Whiteacres

FISHING AT WHITEACRES

Perran Springs Holiday Park


01872 540 568

The award winning, friendly family park offering: FISHING on our Private Stocked Coarse Fishing Lakes, Luxury Caravan Holiday Homes, Eurotents, Spacious Level Pitches, Electric Hook-ups, Licenced Shop, Children's Recreation Areas and Launderette. Set in over 20 acres of Cornish countryside with panoramic views.


Rock Fishing

There are many places where good rock fishing can be found on the North Coast, with an abundance of different species for the keen angler.

Good marks for ray and turbot are Trenance and Trevose where good quality pollock, mackerel, wrasse, garfish, plaice, dabs and conger can also be found.
Park Head
is well known for a wonderful variety including gurnard, ray, pollock and wrasse.
Rumps Point to the east of Padstow for gurnard, ray, pollock and wrasse. Daymer Bay and the wave cut platforms at Pentire are both good marks but require caution.
Godrevy Point offers mackerel, pollock and wrasse, which also abound at Navax Point. Rumps Point at St Agnes for gurnard, ray, plaice and dabs.

Beach Fishing

It should be noted that in summer the beaches are very popular with bathers and holidaymakers so beach and times should be chosen with some care.

The Bude breakwater and Crackington Haven are good marks for codling, flat fish, mackerel, whiting and dogfish. Widemouth Bay also offers good fishing.

Crooklets, Maer and Northcott Mouth are good beaches fished at two hours before low water and on the incoming tide, mostly for skate and flatfish.

Perranporth offers several miles of good beach for all flatfish as does Holywell Bay and Crantock. Watergate Bay is fine for ray, turbot and plaice as is Mawgan Porth and Constantine.

Beware of weed which is sometimes brought onto Portreath and St Agnes. Chapel Porth is good for ray and turbot with other beaches providing plaice, dab and flounder. Perranporth Beach is also popular with holidaymakers so avoid busy times: late evenings and early mornings will give excellent sport.

Sea Fishing The North Coast has an abundance of charter boats available, particularly in Padstow, Port Isaac and Newquay.

River Game & Stillwater Trout Fishing

Brown trout, grayling, and the occasional dace can be taken by fly on the Upper Tamar between Kingford Mill and Bridgerule. Day tickets from Bude Sports and Bude Angling Supplies, Queen Street, Bude.

Lower Tamar Lake offers budget fishing for rainbow and brown trout. A South West Water reservoir, day permits are available from the self-service unit in the Lower Tamar car park. Season is from 15th March to 12th October from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. The Tamar Lakes Water Park has good car parking, picnic area, Peninsula. Gift shop and tea room, children's play area and choice of walks.

Salmon sea trout and brown trout on the Rivers Tamar, Ottery, Inny and Carey. Permits from The Fishing Department, Homeleigh Garden Centre, Dutson, Launceston.
Crowdy Reservoir is good for budget fishing for rainbow and brown trout.
Bodmin is the centre for salmon, sea trout and brown trout on the River Camel.
The River Fowey, 2 miles at Lanhydrock, for salmon and sea trout from 1st April to 30th Sept.
Salmon, sea trout and brown trout from the East and West Looe Rivers (also Rivers Fowey, Lynher, Inny, Seaton and Camel) from 1st April to 15th Dec.
Salmon, sea trout and brown trout on the River Fowey from 1st April to 15th December.
Salmon, sea trout and brown trout on the River Inny, near Launceston from 1st March to 14th October. Early and late are the best times in the season for salmon with sea trout in the middle months.

Coarse Fishing

White Acres Coarse Fishery, White Cross, Newquay (01726 860220). There are 15 lakes covering more than 36 acres offering the best variety of coarse fishing in the country. The lakes are fed by natural springs and provide a superb fishing habitat, surrounded by spectacular parkland and woods.
Upper Tamar Lake, Kilkhampton offers 81 acres stocked with rudd, carp, tench, bream and dace. Open all the year, day and night tickets are available.
Bude Canal has roach, rudd, dace, perch, tench, carp and bream. Close season 1st April to 31st May.
Dutson Water, 1.5 miles north of Launceston on the A388, for mirror, common (many doubles), crucian, tench, bream, golden orfe, rudd, etc. No ground bait. Parking and toilets adjacent to lake.
Tredidon Barton Lake, 5 miles west of Launceston on A395 for two well stocked lakes with carp, tench, roach, bream and ghost carp.
Bolingey Lake, near Perranporth. 4 acres of coarse fishing for carp, tench, roach, perch and eels from 1 hour before sunset to 1 hour after. No close season.
Trevella Park, Crantock. Two on-site coarse fishing lakes of 1 and 3 acres and another 1.5 acre lake nearby.
Porth Reservoir, near Newquay. 40 acres stocked with bream, rudd, tench and carp. Season open all year (24 hours). Self-service permits in car park.
Mawgan Porth Pools Lake Set in a small seaside village, to the north of Newquay, cornwwall. Our Lakes have wooden platforms with paths which lead to & from the car parking area, so that what ever age or disability, you and your loves ones will be able to enjoy the peace & beauty of the county side.
The coarse fishing Lakes are natural very beautiful, the wild life is in abundance, there are turquoise blue king fishers & elegant herons. Day tickets, are £6.00, we open from 7.30 in the morning until dusk, we hire equipment.
The Lake is stocked with Carp, Tench, Bream, Blue & Golden Orfe. Contact Janet on 01637 860770 or www.mawganporthpools-lake.co.uk for satnavs TR84BH

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Rock Fishing

Prussia Cove and Cudden Point are good marks at night for mackerel and conger.
Penlee Point between Newlyn and Mousehole provides record catches. The areas between Mousehole and Lamorna, Penzer Point and Carn Du are also favourite marks.
Penberth Cove, Logan Rock and the rocks below the Minack Theatre are also good marks.
Pedn-men-an-mere, Porth Chapel, Porthgwarra and Mill Bay, near Land's End offer good sport.
The cliffs to the west of St Ives are for the expert only, access to the marks here involving a steep climb sometimes with the aid of a rope.
Aire Point, Cape Cornwall, Portheras, Clodgy Point and Man's Head
can give good sport.
Contact local angling clubs for advice.

Beach Fishing

Perran Sands and Eastern Green Beach near Marazion offer flatfish and ray.
The piers and dock area of Penzance and Newlyn offer a wide variety of species with Lariggan Beach offering good flatfish after dark.
The pier at Lamorna, the niche between Porthcurno and Logan Rock, the beaches at Sennen offer flatfish, turbot, gurnard and dogfish.

Exercise great care if fishing off the breakwater at Sennen which is often awash. The beaches at St Ives are crowded with holidaymakers during summer and all are best fished in the late evening and early morning.

Sea Fishing

Boats are available from Penzance, Newlyn and St Ives and offer a variety of options for the visiting sea angler.

River Game and Stillwater Trout Fishing

Drift Reservoir, Penzance offers 65 acres of fly fishing for brown and rainbows. Season is from 1st April to 12th October. Newsletter available on request.

Coarse Fishing

Boscathnoe, nr. Penzance is an old established fishery producing a good mixed bag of fish. Open all year.

St. Erth Fishery, St. Erth, Penzance has a 2.5 acre lake for large carp, tench, bream and roach. Open all year.
Bill's Pool, St. Erth, Penzance is a 2 acre lake for roach, tench, rudd, bream and eels.
Choone Farm, St. Buryan, Penzance offers 2 lakes with carp, tench, rudd and roach.
Bussow, nr St Ives is popular with holiday anglers. Open all year, 24 hours a day.

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Rock Fishing

Good rock marks abound from Pendennis Point to Penhale. Those mentioned all require care.
Pendennis Point is a good mark for wrasse and pollock, as is St Anthony's Head which, on autumnal nights, is an excellent mark for black bream.
Porthallow
offers good marks for coalfish and conger.
A superb mark for night fishing are both the Lizard and Trewavas Head where wrasse, mackerel and conger are good sport.

Beach Fishing

The Prince of Wales Pier, Falmouth fishes well at night for pollock, mackerel and flounder.
Trefusis Point, Flushing for wrasse, pollock, mackerel and the occasional ray.
Coverack provides pollock, garfish and mackerel; try for conger and bull huss at the breakwater at night.

Sea Fishing

Many chartered boats are available from Falmouth, particularly on Prince of Wales Pier and through the local tackle shops. Most harbours in this area have many boats which sail from them.

Mevagissey was once the fishing heart of the south Cornish coast. Mevagissey is the ideal spot to fish from, anglers can fish from the outer quay or use one of the self hire boats to go fishing for an hour.

Longer fishing trips are available on one of the many charter boats that sail from from Mevagissey harbour, an hours mackerel trip, a half day or whole day fishing - or cruising, taking in the scenery with a chance of seeing basking sharks, dolphins and seals

There is a fishing tackle shop where you can book angling trips - The Mevagissey Angling Centre.

Looe in South East Cornwall, is an ideal spot for sea fishing, with Mackerel, Pilchard, Red and Grey Mullet, Pollack, Ling Coalfish, Cod, Sea Bass, Pouting, Wrasse, John Dory, Whiting Gurnard, Squid, Cuttlefish, Dogfish, Conger, Sharks (various species) all being caught in the local waters. A number of boats offer Mackerel fishing trips from 2½ hours upwards, both during the day and early evening. These boats operate offshore in the bay, rods and bait provided.

Reef and Wreck fishing is available is available on the larger boats and Shark and Conger fishing commences at the beginning of June. The Sharks are tagged and released for conservation and scientific study.

River Game & Stillwater Trout Fishing

Gwarnick Mill Fly Fishing Lake is 1.5 acres, stocked with rainbow trout at St. Allen, Truro.

Argal Reservoir, Penryn has 65 acres of fly fishing for stocked rainbows. Season 1st April to 31st October. Boats are available along with an Allenard Mk II for wheel chair bound and handicapped anglers. There is a picnic area, facilities for the disabled, toilets, play area and wooded walks.

Stithians Reservoir off the A393 Penryn/Redruth Road has 274 zoned acres offering all types fishing for natural brown and rainbows. Season 15th March to 12th October.

Coarse Fishing

Trenestrall Lake at St. Mawes has 2 acres for roach, carp and tench on the King Harry Ferry road
College Reservoir, nr. Penryn is a renowned carp and pike fishery. Open all year 24 hours a day. Season permits available.
Middle Boswin, Porkellis off the A394 Falmouth/Helston Road is open all year for common, mirror, carp, tench, roach, rudd and perch.
Wheal Grey, Praa Sands, Penzance has a 4 acre lake stocked with rudd, roach, bream, carp, perch, tench, gudgeon and eels. Open all year.

 

  SOUTH EAST COAST

FISHING TICKETS FOR LOCH WITHIEL AND THE 14TH LAKE.

From November to March, we will offer hotel guests booked for dinner bed and breakfast, FREE FISHING. Also during April and October for guests staying only between Sunday and Thursday nights inclusive.

At other times, a day ticket must be purchased subject to availability, or in advance.

DAY TICKETS: Members £5 Non members £9

LOCH WITHIEL
A large lake in attractive surroundings, set in the middle of the golf course, well stocked with Common, Mirror and Crucian Carp; Tench, Roach small to large and good sized eels. Most fish will be 2 to 3 lbs, but there is at least one unidentified large fish, estimated over 18lbs, been there for years, but never caught…. Yet!

There are around 12 fishing points, safely away from golfers

SWAN LAKE
Much smaller and not so well stocked, but a good change for regular fishermen. Occasional intruders arrive from the Fowey river via a connecting leat and become marooned! Both trout and salmon have been caught here! However the Environment Agency would like to see any such fish returned to the river if practical.And we do sometimes have nesting swans and may have to limit fishing!

FOWEY RIVER
Although we enjoy a long stretch of river bank, it is not very good or suitable for fishing. The river is tidal up to about our 12th green.

However, you can fish from the town's park where it is tidal, or at Lanhydrock which offers about a mile of free fishing south from Respryn bridge.

The river offers trout, sea trout and salmon; also bass and flat fish in the tidal part.

 

Rock Fishing

Good rock fishing from Gribbin Head (long walk from car park), Black Head, Maenease Point, Goran Haven and Pencarrow. Rame Head. Queener Point in Whitsand Bay
Special care must be taken.

Beach Fishing

Garfish, conger, mackerel, wrasse and pollack can all be caught from beaches in this area from Cawsand, Whitsand Bay, Seaton, Downderry, Plaidy Beach and Wallace Beach.
For flatfish try Par, Porthpean, Pentewan, Gorran Haven, Penare and Boswinger beaches. Early morning and late evening will avoid the bathers.
The docks at Par provide good jetty fishing, permit needed.

River Fishing (tidal)

The River Fowey offers some excellent marks including the Blockhouse at the mouth of the river on the Polruan side

The River Tamar offers numerous productive marks including:
Toproint, Wilcove, Saltash quay & pontoon, Landulph, Halton Quay, Cotehele Quay.

Sea Fishing

Boats available from Fowey, Mevagissey and Looe. Looe is fast becoming a household name for big game fishing for blue and portbeagle shark. Other marks fish well for ling, cod, bream and conger.

River, Game and Stillwater Fishing

The River Fowey, 2 miles at Lanhydrock, for salmon and sea trout 1st April to 30th September.

Salmon, sea trout and brown trout from the East and West Looe Rivers (also Rivers Fowey, Lynher, Inny, Seaton and Camel) from 1st April to 15th Dec.

Salmon, sea trout and brown trout on the River Fowey from 1st April to 15th December. Day & weekly tickets on sale at Rogers Tackle Shop, Bodmin; Tackle Shop, St. Austell; Penhaligons Newsagents, Lostwithiel.

Siblyback Water Park and Colliford Lake for traditional fly fishing for stocked rainbows at Siblyback (bank and boat) and traditional fly fishing for natural brown trout at Colliford (bank fishing only). Ample car parking. Peninsula gift shop and tea room. Siblyback Season 1st April to 31st October. Colliford Season 15th March to 12th October.

Coarse Fishing

Shillamill Lakes, Lanreath, Looe off the B3359 for common, mirror, crucian, carp, tench, perch, roach and rudd in the four lakes. No close season.
St. Germans-Badham Farm, St Keyne, Liskeard for carp, tench, rudd and roach in 0.5 acre lake.
Crafthole, Nr Torpoint - 2 acres of excellent Carp fishing. Limited season permits and day permits available.
Mellonwatts Mill Fishery, Pensagillas Farm has a 2 acre pond on main roads from Grampound to Mevagissey. Crucian, common, mirror, carp, tench, roach, rudd and brown trout. Open all year dawn 'til dusk.

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  North Cornwall

Trevella Park, Crantock. Two on-site coarse fishing lakes of 1 and 3 acres and another 1.5 acre lake nearby. Tel. (01637) 830308.
Porth Reservoir, near Newquay. 40 acres stocked with bream, rudd, tench and carp. 5eason open all year (24 hours). Self-service permits in car park. Tel: (01837) 871565
Gwinear Pool, Gwinear farm, Cubert, Newquay. (01637 830165) Goonhavern coarse fishing lake, Goonhavern, Nr Newquay (01872 572612)
Oakside Coarse Fishery, Summercourt, Nr Newquay (01637 871275)
Penvose Farm, Tregurrian, Newquay. Near Watergate Bay.
Rosewater Lake, Hendravossan Farm, Rose, Truro. (01872 573992/ 573040)
Sharkey's Pit, Strawberry Lane, Joppa, Hayle. (off the A30 Hayle bypass towards Hayle, onto Guilford Rd, onto High Lanes then take Strawberry Lane . Follow for approx 2mls, Sharkey's pit is on your right.
Trebellan Park Coarse lakes, Cubert, Nr Newquay, (01637 830522)
White Acres Coarse Fishery, White Cross, Newquay (01726 860220)
Glenleigh Farm Fishery, Sticker, St. Austell, carp, tench, rudd etc. Directions:- from St Austell take the A390 towards Truro. Approx. 3 mls turn left at Ivor Toms Car Sales. Half mile, at top of hill (before bus stop) turn left. Car park is at bottom of hill on right hand side. Contact :- Claire Tregunna. Tel: (01726) 73154
East Rose fishery, St Breward, nr Bodmin (new fishery) Stocked with bream, tench, rudd, carp, roach. Tel :01208 850674
Lakeview Country Club, Old Coach Road, Lanivet, Bodmin. (off main A30 on left before roundabout) 0208 831808
Innis Moor Country Club and Fly Fishery, (01726 851162)
Fenwick Trout Fishery, Old Coach Road, Dunmere, Bodmin. Tel: (01208) 78296.
The River Fowey, 2 miles at Lanhydrock, for salmon and sea trout. The Hon Sec, Lanhydrock Angling Association, The Estate Office, Lanhydrock Park, Bodmin. Tel: (01208) 74281.
Mawgan Porth Pools - Lake The Lake is stocked with Carp, Tench, Bream, Blue & Golden Orfe. Contact Janet on 01637 860770 or www.mawganporthpools-lake.co.uk for satnavs TR84BH

  East Coast

Shillamill Lakes, Lanreath, Looe off the B3359 for common, mirror, crucian, carp, tench, perch, roach and rudd in the four lakes. No close season. Tel: (01503) 220271.
St. Germans-Badham Farm, St Keyne, Liskeard for carp, tench, rudd and roach in 0.5 acre lake. (01579) 343572.
Bake Fishing Lakes Trerulefoot Saltash PL12 5BW. Carp, trout, Rudd, Roach, Dace and Gudgeon. Specimen carp lake with mirror and common carp to 25lb, bream averaging 6lb. and tench averaging 3lb. Tel : 01752 849027

  Far West

Boscathnoe, nr. Penzance is an old established fishery. Tel: (01392) 443362.
St. Erth Fishery, St. Erth, Penzance has a 2.5 acre lake for large carp, tench, bream and roach.
Bill's Pool, St. Erth, Penzance is a 2 acre lake for roach, tench, rudd, bream and eels.
Choone Farm, St. Buryan, Penzance offers 2 lakes with carp, tench, rudd and roach. Tel: (01736) 810220.
Bussow, nr St Ives is popular with holiday anglers. Open all year, 24 hrs a day. Tel: (01837) 871565).
Tindeen Fishery, Bostrase, Goldsithney, Penzance. 073676 3486
Drift Reservoir, Penzance 65 acres of fly fishing for brown and rainbows. Tel: (01736) 63869.

  South Coast

Gwarnick Mill Fly Fishing Lake is 1.5 acres, stocked with rainbow trout at St. Allen, Truro. Tel: (01872) 540487.
Argal Reservoir, Penryn has 65 acres of fly fishing for stocked rainbows. Boats are available along with an Allenard Mk II for wheel chair bound and handicapped anglers. There is a picnic area. facilities for the disabled, toilets, play area and wooded walks. Tel: (01579) 342366.
Stithians Reservoir off the A393 Penryn / Redruth Road has 274 zoned acres offering all types fishing for natural brown and rainbows. Tel: (01579) 342366.
Tree Meadow trout fishery, Deveral Road, Fraddam, Hayle. 01736 850899
Trenestrall Lake, St. Mawes has 2 acres for roach, carp and tench on the King Harry Ferry road (call at farmhouse at Trenestrall for directions to the lake).Tel: (01872) 501259.
College Reservoir, nr. Penryn is a renowned carp and pike fishery. Open all year 24 hrs a day. Season permits available. Tel (01837) 871565.
Middle Boswin, Porkellis off the A394 Falmouth/Helston Road is open all year for common, mirror, carp, tench, roach, rudd and perch.
Mellonwatts Mill, Pensagillas Farm, Grampound, Nr Truro. 01872 530232
Trenestrall Lake, Trenestrall Farm, Ruan High Lanes, St Mawes. 01872 501259
Langarth Pool, Polstain Road, Threemilestone, Truro. 01872 75638
Wheal Grey, Praa Sands, Penzance has a 4 acre lake stocked with rudd, roach, bream, carp, perch, tench, gudgeon and eels.

 

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