Bass Fishing in Dorset

Dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; work the surf line with plugs or fish crab/sandeel in coloured water. Westerly blow then settling sea is ideal.

The Run and headland on spring tides; dusk/dawn or into dark. Lures (paddletails/surface) or livebait/peeler crab. Best May–Oct; also after onshore blow.

Work surface/sub-surface lures or live sandeel in the tide race by the bridge; best dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. After a blow, fish the Chesil surf-line with crab or rag.

Work surface/sub-surface lures or live sandeel in the tide race off the tip at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Peeler crab into the gutter on spring tides also scores when surf is up.

Surf over shingle and gullies; best on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk or after a blow. Lures (paddle tails/surface) or peeler/sandeel. Short to medium range.

Work the surf and gullies on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk. Peeler crab, sandeel or shallow-diving plugs. Focus near the River Char outflow and kelpy edges after a SW blow.

Fish the surf by the groynes on a flooding tide, especially after a blow or at dawn/dusk; lug, rag or peeler, or shallow-running plugs.

Work the surf and stream mouth; dawn/dusk or after a blow on a flooding tide. Use soft plastics or surface lures, or crab/sandeel baits.

Work lures in the tide run on the flood; fish crab or live sandeel into the channel. Best dawn or dusk, spring tides. Cast uptide along eddies by the ferry slip.

Surf and harbour mouth; lures or peeler/sandeel on a flooding tide, best at dawn/dusk or after dark. Work gutters and current seams; wade with care.

Work shallow lures or peeler crab in the surf by the groynes at dawn/dusk, especially on a flooding tide with a bit of colour after a blow. Keep mobile and target the gutters.

Flood tide along channel edges; work shallow lures or float a live prawn/peeler. Best dawn/dusk, 2 hrs before high, May–Oct, with a breeze pushing bait in.

Surf over sand/shingle; fish dusk/dawn or after a blow on a flooding tide. Lures or peeler crab/sandeel baits close to the breakers and along groynes.

Shallow-diving plugs or soft plastics drifted through the main flow at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; live prawn or peeler in the eddies.

Fish the Run on flooding or ebbing spring tides at dawn/dusk. Shads, surface lures or live sandeel; peeler crab after dark. Move with the tide along the channel.

Work shallow reef gullies with weedless soft plastics or peeler crab. Best on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk, with some colour in the water after a blow.

Work the flooding tide along channel edges; surface or paddle-tail lures at dawn/dusk, or peeler crab after a blow. Target current seams from the point spring–autumn.

Work surf gutters close in with peeler crab, sandeel or surface lures; best at dusk/dawn, on a flooding tide after a blow as the sea settles.

Work surface/soft lures or live sandeel/peeler in the Run on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk or after dark. Keep mobile; use 30–50g metals when the tide rips.

Lures (SPs/surface) over flooding tide across reef gullies at dawn/dusk or in surf; also peeler crab after dark on spring tides.

Dawn/dusk on a flooding tide; work shallow lures in the surf or fish peeler crab/sandeel in the gullies.

Paddle-tail or surface lures into rough, foamy water round the headland on a flooding tide at dawn/dusk, esp. after a blow. Whole/live sandeel works too.

Work surface/sub-surface lures into the tide run off the point at dawn/dusk or in a blow. Peeler crab in the eddies on the flood also scores.

Work the tide race on a flooding tide; dusk/dawn best. Peeler crab or rag on pulley rigs, or shallow lures in the surf, esp after a blow as the sea clears.

Dusk/dawn on a flooding tide; work surfy gullies with peeler crab or sandeel, or fish shallow-diving plugs/soft plastics. best after a blow along the rough ground west of the Cobb.