SPECIES
This is a good spring through summer venue for thornback ray, bass, conger and silver eels. From October produces cod, whiting and some big flounders.

BAITS
Mix mackerel and squid for the spring thornbacks, though the early fish also take lug baits tipped with squid. Bass take crab or rag baits. Fish lug baits tipped with squid or crab for the cod, with the whiting taking lug tipped with mackerel or sandeel, or just fish a plain mackerel strip. The flounder fall to lug tipped with rag or razorfish.

TACKLE & TACTICS
Fish a 5-6oz beachcaster with a Penn 525 loaded with 20lb line or a 7000 loaded with 20 to 25lb line. Leads need to be 5 to 6oz grippers.

A clipped down rig with a 3/0 to 4/0 pennel hook rig on will take the rays, bass, cod and conger, though the conger need a heavier 80lb mono trace ideally. For the flounder and whiting stick to a one up/one down rig with size 1 Aberdeen hooks.

Not the easiest of marks to fish this. You can fish the reefs here on the smaller tides either side of low water, but the tides strips a long way and can expose areas of soft mud and dangerous sand, so care is needed and always fish in pairs. Most anglers choose to fish the bigger tides off the beach or in front of the wall for the two hours either side of high water. It can also fish well in daylight.

LOCATION
At Junction 25 on the M5 take the A358 for Williton. Turn right in to Williton and by the supermarket turn left for the B3109 to Watchet. Turn left in the town on to the B3191 heading past the harbour for the seafront. Look for the chalets and the beach is adjacent, with the reefs right of the slipway. There is parking on the sea front.

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