FISHING


beaches, especially Slapton, Hallsands and Beesands which are known to throw up anything over the winter, from small pouting, dogfish and whiting to huge 20lb-plus cod. Daytime anglers head to these beaches to hook dabs,


plaice, mackerel, garfish and bass, while their nighttime fishermen and women expectantly angle for dogfish, pout, whiting and bass.


All these beaches are east facing and will fish exceptionally well after an easterly blow. As a general rule of thumb, during daylight the beaches usually fishes best on the first two hours of flood but during the night will fish best two hours over the top of high water. There are three main areas to fish on Slapton Sands. At the Strete Gate end, dab, whiting and plaice are the main target species although the area does throw up the odd small cod. Further on along the road running parallel to the beach is the war memorial car park. This is the deepest part of the beach and as a general rule is where less fish, but bigger ones are caught. At the Torcross end of the beach the water is of a medium depth compared to other parts and it is here, in an area of broken ground near a small cliff, that can throw up anything from dogfish, whiting, pouting, plaice, dab and the odd codling. For decent plaice, head to the north end of Beesands


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Beach, opposite the small football pitch. Fish the flood tide here and during the right conditions, a myriad of species can be caught especially plaice and dab. The deeper end of the beach, opposite the Cricket Inn, often throws up better fish after dark.


Hallsands is the smallest of the three beaches. Although not the place for dab, it is well known for plaice and early season bass.•


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