I thought I should share this with you. Many of you will know all about rip currents and how dangerous they are when you are in the sea. They are a water flow created by the shape of the sea bed and the coast line where water rushes away from the beach and out to sea. I have highlighted the rip on this photograph. The reason I took the snap was because of the sandy water and highly oxygenated water in the rip made it clear to the eye. You can see with the red arrow that as the rip gets into deeper water the surface looks darker and turbid.

The important factor here is two fold, first do be very careful around these currents as they can run along way out and take you with them but the second is consider them to be a conveyer belt of food for the local fish.

You can imagine that all the food stuffs get washed into the shore, but these currents then pull everything away from the shore and back out to sea, so they are laden with waste and prey for hunting fish and in my opinion they are a source of great fishing.

This Beach casting mark is located on the Lizard peninsular and the easiest way to drive to the fishing mark is to take the B3293 to St Keverne, Past Goonhilly turn right at the cross roads, then follow the signs for Kennack Sands.

This beach is a very flat beach and at high tide it becomes split. The furthest side from the car park tends to fish the best at high water for beach casting. The beach on a low tide will work very well for Plaice and Bass on the clean sand.

Sand eel on a two hook rig will give you good results and you don’t have to be the best beach caster in the world, moderate casts should be good enough.

There are rocks to both sides of the beach which would be worth plugging for Bass. I haven’t tried it there but it looks the right sort of ground.

This fishing mark is easily accessed and there is good parking, but it can get very busy in the summer months.