Lesser Spotted Dogfish Fishing in Dorset

Reliable year-round, especially at night; squid/mackerel strips score; good when conditions are rough.

Very common after dark; 2-hook flappers with mackerel/squid over clean shingle; fish mid-flood to high.

Very common after dark on clean shingle. Fish small mackerel or squid strips on two-hook flappers; keep baits just off bottom. Best on a flooding tide.

After dark, 40–80 m onto clean sand; fish/squid cocktails on 2-hook flappers; bites year-round, best spring–autumn.

Regular after dark on clean sand. Two-hook flapper, small mackerel or sandeel baits, cast 40–80m along the gutters on a flooding to high tide.

Night over clean/mixed ground. Small fish or squid baits, 30–60 m casts; neap tides help hold bottom.

Abundant after dark year-round; small mackerel/squid strips on the bottom at short to medium range.

Spring to autumn nights; squid or mackerel on the bottom; little casting needed; calm to moderate seas.

Regular after dark year-round; small fish/squid baits on clean sand, 20–80 m. Steady flood produces continuous bites.

Year-round after dark; sandeel or mackerel strip on simple ledger. Cast 50–80m onto clean sand.

Common at night year-round; small fish or squid strips on 2-hook flappers over sand. Keep baits on the bottom just past the first breaker.

Very common after dark over clean sand. Cast 40–80yd with squid, mackerel or sandeel on 2-hook flappers.

Reliable after dark most of the year; squid or mackerel strips; good fallback species when conditions are coloured.

Common after dark; fish or squid baits on clean sand at short to mid range, neap tides fish best.

Reliable after dark over clean sand. Cast 30–80 m with mackerel/sandeel on pulley or flapper rigs, especially on a flooding tide.

Regular after dark on clean sand; small fish or squid strips. Any state of tide, mid-distance. Often show on neaps.

Common on mixed/cleaner patches at night; small fish or squid/mackerel strips on paternoster rigs.

Squid or mackerel strips on 2-hook flappers to mixed ground at night. Reliable year-round; aim for sand patches seaward of the boulders.

Common after dark year-round. Small fish or squid baits on flappers; short casts onto mixed ground. Keep baits static.

Night from beaches and mixed ground; small fish or squid strips on the flood. Year-round, peak autumn–winter.

Regular at night on small fish baits; bites well on the flood—expect tangles in strong current without enough lead.

Summer-autumn nights; scent baits (mackerel/squid) on a simple paternoster, medium range over clean ground.

Dusk into night over mixed ground; fish squid or mackerel on the bottom with simple pulley or 2-hook flappers.

Evenings and at night; squid or mackerel strip on a running ledger, keep leads light to hold bottom in the tide.

Common after dark over mixed sand. Small fish or squid baits on 2-hook flappers. Any state of tide, better on the flood.